republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2020s1/hb-4201.md

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Bill	Relating to the use of force by police officers; and declaring an emergency.	<i>Requires law enforcement agency to notify Attorney General when police officer uses physical force resulting in death or qualifying physical injury. Requires Attorney General to appoint special investigator to lead investigation upon receipt of notification. Directs Attorney General to prosecute violations of law related to use of physical force. Directs Attorney General to release reports from investigation if criminal proceedings are not initiated.</i>]	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2020S1	HB 4201	Oregon HB 4201 (2020S1)	bill		enacted	Akasha Lawrence Spence Andrea Salinas Floyd Prozanski Janelle Bynum Lew Frederick Mark Meek Tawna Sanchez Teresa Alonso Leon Tina Kotek	4	18	3	2020-06-24T13:55:10+00:00	2020-07-07T15:54:58+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ba9d8af2-8469-4402-a427-0eabd7e5afbf	https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020S1/Measures/Overview/HB4201	a487452f22329efe88bc571063defd45931ca946680eec194aba2ac4881f5dcb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 4201 (2020S1) — Relating to the use of force by police officers; and declaring an emergency.

Requires law enforcement agency to notify Attorney General when police officer uses physical force resulting in death or qualifying physical injury. Requires Attorney General to appoint special investigator to lead investigation upon receipt of notification. Directs Attorney General to prosecute violations of law related to use of physical force. Directs Attorney General to release reports from investigation if criminal proceedings are not initiated.]

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. House Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
2. Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 28–0 (pass) · legislature
• Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — 25–1 (pass) · upper
• Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Salinas. Passed. — 55–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Akasha Lawrence Spence — primary (person)
• Andrea Salinas — primary (person)
• Floyd Prozanski — primary (person)
• Janelle Bynum — primary (person)
• Lew Frederick — primary (person)
• Mark Meek — primary (person)
• Tawna Sanchez — primary (person)
• Teresa Alonso Leon — primary (person)
• Tina Kotek — primary (person)
• Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
• Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Clem — cosponsor (person)
• Carla Piluso — cosponsor (person)
• Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
• Diego Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Hass — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
• Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
• Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)
• Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
• Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
• Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
• Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
• Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
• Shemia Fagan — cosponsor (person)
• Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
• Tiffiny Mitchell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-06-24T13:55:10+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-06-24T15:47:50+00:00 Referred to The First Special Session of 2020. referral-committee
• 2020-06-25T17:02:00+00:00 Public Hearing and Work Session held.
• 2020-06-26T17:24:16+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-26T19:44:42+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2020-06-26T20:25:39+00:00 Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Salinas. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2020-06-26T20:39:36+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-06-26T20:44:38+00:00 Referred to The First Special Session of 2020. referral-committee
• 2020-06-26T21:19:46+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-26T21:39:11+00:00 Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2020-06-26T21:40:11+00:00 Heard, excused, granted unanimous consent to vote aye.
• 2020-06-26T21:20:46+00:00 Rules Suspended. Second reading. reading-2
• 2020-06-26T20:26:39+00:00 Vote explanation(s) filed by Leif, Smith DB, Wallan.
• 2020-06-29T20:41:32+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2020-06-30T16:46:33+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2020-06-30T20:22:10+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2020-07-07T15:54:58+00:00 Chapter 1, (2020 Laws): Effective date June 30, 2020.
• 2020-06-26T21:41:11+00:00 Vote explanations filed by Boquist, Prozanski, Taylor, Thatcher.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ba9d8af2-8469-4402-a427-0eabd7e5afbf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).