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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the transfer of interest in motor vehicles."
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description: "Provides that, in lieu of making a first appearance for a traffic violation citation, the person who is the previous owner of a vehicle may notify the court that the person has transferred interest in the vehicle and is not liable for the citation."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
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legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
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session: "2026R1"
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identifier: "HB 4137"
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citation: "Oregon HB 4137 (2026R1)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Fred Girod", "Hai Pham", "Jami Cate", "Sue Rieke Smith", "Tawna Sanchez"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2026-02-02T16:50:03+00:00"
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last_action: "2026-04-06T17:33:05+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f928aa4f-b0fa-4f84-87ba-a103a5036fb0"
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source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4137"
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source_hash: "42e8494d037827f37b254f62f1abf1dea4766b3acc46e1599a510284ab074169"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
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---
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# Oregon HB 4137 (2026R1) — Relating to the transfer of interest in motor vehicles.
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Provides that, in lieu of making a first appearance for a traffic violation citation, the person who is the previous owner of a vehicle may notify the court that the person has transferred interest in the vehicle and is not liable for the citation.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4137/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
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2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4137/Introduced)
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3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4137/A-Engrossed)
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4. **HJUD Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/30563)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4137/Enrolled)
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## Votes
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- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third reading. Carried by Cate. Passed. — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
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- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Fred Girod — primary (person)
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- Hai Pham — primary (person)
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- Jami Cate — primary (person)
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- Sue Rieke Smith — primary (person)
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- Tawna Sanchez — primary (person)
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- Alek Skarlatos — cosponsor (person)
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- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
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- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
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- Cyrus Javadi — cosponsor (person)
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- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
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- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
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- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey Helfrich — cosponsor (person)
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- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
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- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin Mannix — cosponsor (person)
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- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
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- Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
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- Lamar Wise — cosponsor (person)
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- Noah Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
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- Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
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- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
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- Todd Nash — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-02T16:50:03+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-02T17:51:51+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-11T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2026-02-16T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2026-02-18T23:49:37+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-19T19:51:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-20T18:49:35+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Cate. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-20T21:49:18+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-20T22:59:40+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-23T22:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2026-02-25T21:47:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2026-02-27T17:42:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-27T20:49:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-02T22:05:10+00:00** Carried over to 03-03 by unanimous consent.
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- **2026-03-03T19:57:44+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04T18:52:04+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-05T16:38:22+00:00** President signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-31T21:07:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06T17:33:05+00:00** Chapter 65, (2026 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2027.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f928aa4f-b0fa-4f84-87ba-a103a5036fb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
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