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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to claims arising during the COVID-19 emergency period; declaring an emergency."
description: "Limits liability of school districts, union high schools, education service districts, public charter schools<b>, private schools providing instruction to any grade from kindergarten through grade 12 </b>and community colleges for certain claims arising during COVID-19 emergency period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2020S3"
identifier: "HB 4402"
citation: "Oregon HB 4402 (2020S3)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tina Kotek"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-21T15:35:25+00:00"
last_action: "2020-12-24T01:31:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dd862d8-12ef-4975-b3ff-2d6861bb9814"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020S3/Measures/Overview/HB4402"
source_hash: "26e7d697a39adc0ac9caf9972bce649dd7172bdc5022d2c2e7c2265f26b737e1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
---
# Oregon HB 4402 (2020S3) — Relating to claims arising during the COVID-19 emergency period; declaring an emergency.
Limits liability of school districts, union high schools, education service districts, public charter schools<b>, private schools providing instruction to any grade from kindergarten through grade 12 </b>and community colleges for certain claims arising during COVID-19 emergency period.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020S3/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4402/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020S3/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4402/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020S3/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4402/A-Engrossed)
4. **J3SS Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2020S3/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/18072)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020S3/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4402/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. — **204** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **182** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. — **468** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Tina Kotek — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-12-21T15:35:25+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-12-21T17:03:10+00:00** Referred to The Third Special Session of 2020. `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-21T18:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2020-12-21T22:00:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-12-21T23:14:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2020-12-22T00:49:36+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-12-22T00:50:38+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22T00:57:04+00:00** Referred to The Third Special Session of 2020. `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22T01:07:56+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-12-22T01:28:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-12-22T01:08:56+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2020-12-22T00:50:36+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Keny-Guyer, Reschke.
- **2020-12-24T00:45:35+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-12-24T00:50:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-12-24T01:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-22T01:29:34+00:00** Baertschiger Jr, Burdick, Girod, Golden, Hass, Monnes Anderson, Thatcher, Wagner declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2020-12-22T01:30:34+00:00** Vote explanations filed by Dembrow, Gelser.
- **2020-12-24T01:31:00+00:00** Chapter 4, (2020 Laws): Effective date December 23, 2020.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dd862d8-12ef-4975-b3ff-2d6861bb9814`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).