republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2026r1/hb-4020.md

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Bill	Relating to permits; and prescribing an effective date.	Requires certain agencies to specify the authority justifying the denial of a permit application and provide the applicant a guide on how to contest the denial. Requires certain agencies to develop a performance measure to measure the timeliness of permit and permit renewal processing and issuance. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2026R1	HB 4020	Oregon HB 4020 (2026R1)	bill		enacted		8	22	4	2026-02-02T16:50:03+00:00	2026-04-13T15:31:38+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d51dff4b-9b8f-4f2f-9833-3373a07ecedd	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4020	1b593f102e0a81e33be7b3c54e0df519b267585ff3a11922a3f592efb4b085dc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 4020 (2026R1) — Relating to permits; and prescribing an effective date.

Requires certain agencies to specify the authority justifying the denial of a permit application and provide the applicant a guide on how to contest the denial. Requires certain agencies to develop a performance measure to measure the timeliness of permit and permit renewal processing and issuance. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

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. B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. HRULES Amendment -1 (committee substitute) — source
6. House Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. JWM Amendment -A2 (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Bowman. Passed. — 58–0 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. — 28–0 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 48–0 (pass) · legislature

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-02T16:50:03+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-02T17:51:51+00:00 Referred to Rules. referral-committee
• 2026-02-03T16:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2026-02-12T16:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2026-02-16T23:15:32+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-16T23:16:55+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. referral-committee
• 2026-02-23T19:47:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. referral-committee
• 2026-02-25T23:03:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2026-02-25T23:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2026-02-27T16:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2026-02-28T00:09:40+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-02T19:48:39+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2026-03-03T20:44:23+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Bowman. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-03T22:03:21+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-03-03T22:17:20+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2026-03-04T16:47:26+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-04T20:18:04+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2026-03-06T01:39:22+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-10T19:28:36+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2026-03-10T20:49:13+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2026-04-07T22:30:54+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2026-04-13T15:31:38+00:00 Chapter 104, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d51dff4b-9b8f-4f2f-9833-3373a07ecedd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).