OR HB 4177
died on adjournmentRelating to public meetings; and prescribing an effective date.
Oregon · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did OR HB 4177 pass?
No. OR HB 4177 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-16): Governor vetoed.
What is OR HB 4177 about?
Restates the serial communications prohibitions for public meetings law purposes. Identifies the types of communications between governing body members that are excluded from public meetings requirements. Changes the obligation to provide notice for meetings from a governing body to the public body for each of its governing bodies. Changes the obligation to provide for the sound, video or digital recording or the taking of written minutes from a governing body to the public body for each of its governing bodies. Clarifies that public meetings may be held in person, through use of electronic means or in a hybrid format of in-person and electronic means. Requires public meetings law complainants to provide specified documentation to the Oregon Government Ethics Commission before complaints are considered filed. Requires complainants to proceed in court if the complaint alleges a public meetings law violation by one or more members of the commission. Modifies requirements concerning which public officials must attend public meetings law training and when those officials must attend the training. Allows the commission to proceed against a public body or a public official associated with a public body for violations of public meetings laws. Establishes methods by which governing bodies and public bodies may cure public meetings law violations under certain circumstances. Clarifies the imposition of penalties by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission against public bodies and public officials. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Description
Restates the serial communications prohibitions for public meetings law purposes. Identifies the types of communications between governing body members that are excluded from public meetings requirements. Changes the obligation to provide notice for meetings from a governing body to the public body for each of its governing bodies. Changes the obligation to provide for the sound, video or digital recording or the taking of written minutes from a governing body to the public body for each of its governing bodies. Clarifies that public meetings may be held in person, through use of electronic means or in a hybrid format of in-person and electronic means. Requires public meetings law complainants to provide specified documentation to the Oregon Government Ethics Commission before complaints are considered filed. Requires complainants to proceed in court if the complaint alleges a public meetings law violation by one or more members of the commission. Modifies requirements concerning which public officials must attend public meetings law training and when those officials must attend the training. Allows the commission to proceed against a public body or a public official associated with a public body for violations of public meetings laws. Establishes methods by which governing bodies and public bodies may cure public meetings law violations under certain circumstances. Clarifies the imposition of penalties by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission against public bodies and public officials. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-05
- Latest action
- 2026-04-16 — Governor vetoed.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
Not provided by source.
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-16
Governor vetoed.
2026-03-10
President signed.
passage
2026-03-10
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-06
Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed.
passage,reading-3
2026-03-05
Second reading.
reading-2
2026-03-05
Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-05
Referred to Ways and Means.
referral-committee
2026-03-04
First reading. Referred to President's desk.
introduction,reading-1,referral-committee
2026-03-04
Third reading. Carried by Sosa. Passed.
passage,reading-3
2026-03-03
Second reading.
reading-2
2026-03-03
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-02
Work Session held.
2026-02-27
Work Session held.
2026-02-27
Returned to Full Committee.
2026-02-25
Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction.
referral-committee
2026-02-23
Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker.
referral-committee
2026-02-23
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-19
Work Session held.
2026-02-17
Public Hearing held.
2026-02-05
Referred to Rules.
referral-committee
2026-02-05
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
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Versions
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Votes
Heard and Reported Out with Amendments
2026-02-19 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Ben Bowman: yes
- Lucetta Elmer: yes
- Dacia Grayber: yes
- Jason Kropf: yes
- Hai Pham: yes
- Alek Skarlatos: yes
- Kim Wallan: yes
Heard and Reported Out with Amendments
2026-03-02 · pass · 38-6
Member-level votes (24)
- Ben Bowman: yes
- Vikki Breese-Iverson: yes
- Lucetta Elmer: yes
- Paul Evans: yes
- David Gomberg: yes
- Emerson Levy: yes
- Rob Nosse: yes
- Mark Owens: no
- E. Werner Reschke: absent
- Ricki Ruiz: yes
- Tawna Sanchez: yes
- Gregory Smith: yes
- Andrea Valderrama: yes
- Dick Anderson: yes
- Wlnsvey Campos: yes
- Lew Frederick: yes
- Fred Girod: absent
- Kate Lieber: yes
- James Manning Jr.: yes
- Mike McLane: no
- Courtney Neron Misslin: yes
- David Brock Smith: no
- Janeen Sollman: yes
- Bruce Starr: yes
Third reading. Carried by Sosa. Passed.
2026-03-04 · pass · 47-4
Member-level votes (60)
- Shannon Isadore: yes
- Kim Wallan: yes
- Nancy Nathanson: yes
- Zach Hudson: yes
- Travis Nelson: yes
- Lesly Muñoz: yes
- Matt Bunch: yes
- Thuy Tran: yes
- Farrah Chaichi: yes
- Kevin Mannix: yes
- Ed Diehl: absent
- Ben Bowman: yes
- Tawna Sanchez: yes
- Dacia Grayber: yes
- Nathan Sosa: yes
- Dwayne Yunker: yes
- Emerson Levy: yes
- Jeffrey Helfrich: yes
- Mark Gamba: yes
- Court Boice: yes
- Annessa Hartman: absent
- Cyrus Javadi: absent
- E. Werner Reschke: yes
- Alek Skarlatos: yes
- Mari Watanabe: yes
- Gregory Smith: absent
- Julie Fahey: yes
- Mark Owens: no
- Jason Kropf: yes
- Willy Chotzen: yes
- Darin Harbick: absent
- Sarah McDonald: yes
- Susan McLain: yes
- Boomer Wright: yes
- Ricki Ruiz: yes
- Darcey Edwards: yes
- April Dobson: yes
- Emily McIntire: yes
- Jules Walters: yes
- Virgle Osborne: no
- John Lively: yes
- Pam Marsh: yes
- Bobby Levy: absent
- Anna Scharf: no
- Lisa Fragala: yes
- Lamar Wise: yes
- Andrea Valderrama: absent
- Jami Cate: no
- Tom Andersen: yes
- Paul Evans: yes
- Sue Rieke Smith: yes
- David Gomberg: yes
- Vikki Breese-Iverson: absent
- Rob Nosse: yes
- Ken Helm: yes
- Rick Lewis: yes
- Shelly Boshart Davis: absent
- Daniel Nguyen: yes
- Hai Pham: yes
- Lucetta Elmer: yes
Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed.
2026-03-06 · pass · 25-3
Member-level votes (30)
- Rob Wagner: yes
- Dick Anderson: yes
- Wlnsvey Campos: yes
- Fred Girod: yes
- James Manning Jr.: yes
- Janeen Sollman: yes
- Bruce Starr: yes
- Diane Linthicum: yes
- Suzanne Weber: yes
- Mark Meek: yes
- Kathleen Taylor: no
- Noah Robinson: no
- Christine Drazan: yes
- David Brock Smith: yes
- Sara Gelser Blouin: yes
- Deb Patterson: yes
- Mike McLane: no
- Todd Nash: yes
- Courtney Neron Misslin: yes
- Lew Frederick: yes
- Chris Gorsek: yes
- Floyd Prozanski: yes
- Kim Thatcher: absent
- Kate Lieber: yes
- Kayse Jama: yes
- Anthony Broadman: yes
- Jeff Golden: yes
- Cedric Hayden: absent
- Khanh Pham: yes
- Lisa Reynolds: yes
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