Oregon House Bill 4071

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 14-4)
Status: Failed on March 6 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-06 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

The Act says that an operator may require a person who does recreation to release the operator from some types of claims. Tells OBDD to study issues for the recreation industry and make a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.9). Provides that an operator may require an adult person who engages in a sport, fitness or recreational activity in various ways to release the operator from claims for ordinary negligence. Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to study recreation commerce and report to an appropriate committee or interim committee of the Legislative Assembly no later than December 15, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Relating to recreation; declaring an emergency.

Rep. Jeff Helfrich [R]	Rep. Emerson Levy [D]	Sen. Mark Meek [D]	Rep. Lucetta Elmer [R]
Sen. Janeen Sollman [D]	Sen. Bruce Starr [R]	Rep. Vikki Breese-Iverson [R]	Rep. Matt Bunch [R]
Rep. Jami Cate [R]	Rep. Ed Diehl [R]	Rep. Bobby Levy [R]	Rep. Rick Lewis [R]
Rep. John Lively [D]	Rep. Kevin Mannix [R]	Rep. Mark Owens [R]	Rep. Werner Reschke [R]
Rep. Kimberly Wallan [R]	Sen. David Smith [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-06	House	In committee upon adjournment.
2026-02-02	House	Referred to Judiciary with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2026-02-02	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4071
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4071/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/94010