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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to sale of single-family residences."
description: "</b> </i>] Prohibits covered entities from purchasing, acquiring or offering to purchase or acquire a single-family residence unless the residence has been listed for sale to the general public for at least 90 days. Requires a covered entity, upon making or accepting an offer to purchase or acquire a single-family residence, to submit a completed and notarized disclosure form to the seller or seller's agent. Requires the covered entity to submit a copy of the form to the Department of Justice within three days of submitting the form to the seller or seller's agent. [<i>Authorizes any person to bring a civil action in circuit court against a covered entity for a violation of the 90-day waiting period or disclosure form requirements or to otherwise compel compliance with those requirements. Provides for statutory damages.</i>] <b>Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action in circuit court against a covered entity for declaratory relief, to restrain a threatened or actual violation of the 90-day waiting period or the disclosure form requirements or to otherwise compel compliance with those requirements. Authorizes the Attorney General to serve and enforce an investigative demand on a person with relevant information, or a person with information that could lead to the discovery of relevant information, in an investigation of a violation of the 90-day waiting period or the disclosure form requirements. Authorizes the Attorney General to impose a civil penalty against a covered entity upon finding a violation of the 90-day waiting period or the disclosure form requirements. Allows a court to award the costs of investigation and reasonable attorney fees if the Attorney General prevails in a civil action or imposes a civil penalty.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2026R1"
identifier: "HB 4128"
citation: "Oregon HB 4128 (2026R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Bowman", "Courtney Neron Misslin", "Dacia Grayber", "Lamar Wise", "Lew Frederick"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02T16:50:03+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-06T17:33:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ef0beb6-902a-4827-895e-32433e12a50a"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4128"
source_hash: "aa5b6b7ec1c2228c1dbaa4fcfe0da38f32531d6803ae76bff3bb4a59c7dab7ea"
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 4128 (2026R1) — Relating to sale of single-family residences.
</b> </i>] Prohibits covered entities from purchasing, acquiring or offering to purchase or acquire a single-family residence unless the residence has been listed for sale to the general public for at least 90 days. Requires a covered entity, upon making or accepting an offer to purchase or acquire a single-family residence, to submit a completed and notarized disclosure form to the seller or seller's agent. Requires the covered entity to submit a copy of the form to the Department of Justice within three days of submitting the form to the seller or seller's agent. [<i>Authorizes any person to bring a civil action in circuit court against a covered entity for a violation of the 90-day waiting period or disclosure form requirements or to otherwise compel compliance with those requirements. Provides for statutory damages.</i>] <b>Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action in circuit court against a covered entity for declaratory relief, to restrain a threatened or actual violation of the 90-day waiting period or the disclosure form requirements or to otherwise compel compliance with those requirements. Authorizes the Attorney General to serve and enforce an investigative demand on a person with relevant information, or a person with information that could lead to the discovery of relevant information, in an investigation of a violation of the 90-day waiting period or the disclosure form requirements. Authorizes the Attorney General to impose a civil penalty against a covered entity upon finding a violation of the 90-day waiting period or the disclosure form requirements. Allows a court to award the costs of investigation and reasonable attorney fees if the Attorney General prevails in a civil action or imposes a civil penalty.</b>
## 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/HB4128/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4128/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4128/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4128/B-Engrossed)
5. **HHOUSH Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/30362)
6. **SHDEV Amendment -A5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/30663)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4128/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4128/Enrolled)
## Votes
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **38–18** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–6** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Neron Misslin. Passed. — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Bowman. Passed. — **38–16** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ben Bowman — primary (person)
- Courtney Neron Misslin — primary (person)
- Dacia Grayber — primary (person)
- Lamar Wise — primary (person)
- Lew Frederick — primary (person)
- Cyrus Javadi — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Hai Pham — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Lesly Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Fragala — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Mari Watanabe — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Sosa — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Isadore — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Rieke Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Thuy Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
- Willy Chotzen — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — 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 Housing and Homelessness. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2026-02-12T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2026-02-16T23:15:59+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T22:09:36+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19T01:40:31+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to February 19, 2026 Calendar.
- **2026-02-19T20:37:37+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bowman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-19T22:10:27+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19T23:17:20+00:00** Referred to Housing and Development. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2026-02-25T23:13:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26T18:28:49+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27T20:49:42+00:00** Carried over to 03-02 by unanimous consent.
- **2026-03-02T20:31:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Neron Misslin. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-04T19:00:23+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2026-03-05T21:30:14+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-06T16:59:18+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-31T21:07:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06T17:33:05+00:00** Chapter 64, (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/4ef0beb6-902a-4827-895e-32433e12a50a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).