HB 4017 Oregon House · 2026 Regular Session

Relating to use of campaign contributions; and declaring an emergency.

Summary
Provides that amounts received as contributions by a candidate, principal campaign committee of a candidate and principal campaign committee of a holder of public office may be used for specified security-related expenses. Provides that a candidate or holder of public office may convert to personal use specified items obtained as security-related expenses after the candidate or holder of public office is no longer a candidate or holder of public office. Provides that the conversion to personal use of specified security-related expenses is not a gift for the purposes of government ethics laws. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Feb 2, 2026 Signed Apr 7, 2026
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What changed between versions

Introduced Enrolled · 3 edits · Mar 5, 2026
MINOR
The bill was finalized and enrolled for signature, retaining its core purpose of allowing campaign funds to pay for security costs. The text includes minor formatting adjustments and a slight expansion in the legal expenses section to cover committee treasurers and directors in addition to candidates.
Scope change
The scope of eligible individuals for legal expense reimbursement was expanded to include political committee treasurers and directors.
ELIGIBILITY

Expanded the list of people who can use campaign funds for legal expenses to include treasurers and directors of political committees, not just candidates.

TECHNICAL

Adjusted the header from 'Introduced' to 'Enrolled' and corrected line breaks in the title and summary sections.

Added a bracketed 'or' in the list of allowable uses for campaign funds to ensure grammatical completeness.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 2, 2026 · House Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

280
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 30
Mar 2, 2026
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican12
10 Yea 2
83% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Apr 7, 2026
Signed into law
Governor signed.
lower
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed.
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass.
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules.
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Introduced
First reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Bowman. Passed.
lower
Feb 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass.
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules.
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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