republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2026r1/hb-4034.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to animal rescue entities."
description: "</b> </i>] <b>Revises the definition of \"animal rescue entity.\"</b> Provides that veterinary facilities do not qualify as animal rescue entities for purposes of regulating animal rescue entities. Directs the State Department of Agriculture to enforce provisions related to regulating animal rescue entities. Makes changes related to recordkeeping and licensing requirements for animal rescue entities. Removes the impoundment of animals as a civil penalty for a violation of provisions related to animal rescue entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2026R1"
identifier: "HB 4034"
citation: "Oregon HB 4034 (2026R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bobby Levy", "Courtney Neron Misslin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-02T16:50:03+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T17:50:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/867d604b-815a-43e4-9d1f-cec2f4a5357d"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4034"
source_hash: "93837ad7ea957e768b746da81874dc3cd414c881cd1e202636df47d8a4750dc0"
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 4034 (2026R1) — Relating to animal rescue entities.

</b> </i>] <b>Revises the definition of "animal rescue entity."</b> Provides that veterinary facilities do not qualify as animal rescue entities for purposes of regulating animal rescue entities. Directs the State Department of Agriculture to enforce provisions related to regulating animal rescue entities. Makes changes related to recordkeeping and licensing requirements for animal rescue entities. Removes the impoundment of animals as a civil penalty for a violation of provisions related to animal rescue entities.

## 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.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4034/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4034/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4034/A-Engrossed)
4. **HALNRW Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29902)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4034/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Neron Misslin. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Levy B. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bobby Levy — primary (person)
- Courtney Neron Misslin — primary (person)
- Alek Skarlatos — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Scharf — cosponsor (person)
- Court Boice — cosponsor (person)
- Darcey Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Dwayne Yunker — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Helfrich — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Nash — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
- Virgle Osborne — cosponsor (person)

## 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 Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2026-02-04T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2026-02-05T22:27:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05T22:27:02+00:00** Subsequent referral to Ways and Means rescinded by order of the Speaker.
- **2026-02-09T19:23:49+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10T20:00:29+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Levy B. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11T18:54:15+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11T21:52:41+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2026-02-20T01:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2026-02-23T17:45:42+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23T18:46:19+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25T01:31:46+00:00** Carried over to 02-25 by unanimous consent.
- **2026-02-25T19:26:55+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Neron Misslin. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-26T20:54:33+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-02-27T16:55:44+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05T22:38:57+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-17T17:50:42+00:00** Chapter 13, (2026 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2027.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/867d604b-815a-43e4-9d1f-cec2f4a5357d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).