Oregon legislation · 2026 Legislative Measures
Oregon HB4062: Relating to evaluating Business Oregon programs; and declaring an emergency.
Status: Chaptered, April 6, 2026
Digest: The Act would have Business Oregon look at its programs and try to streamline them. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.1). Requires the Director of the Oregon Business Development Department to evaluate the programs administered by the department and provide recommendations for streamlining them. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, March 6, 2026:
83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2026 Regular Session House Bill 4062 Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on Economic Development, Small Business, and Trade for Representative Daniel Nguyen) CHAPTER ................................................. Relating to evaluating Business Oregon programs; and declaring an emergency. SECTION 1. In the course of preparing the Oregon Business Development Department's budget for the 2027-2029 biennium, the Director of the Oregon Business Development Department or the director's designees shall: (1) Evaluate the effectiveness of the programs administered by the department based on the number of applications, actual use and anticipated need; (2) Identify application requirements that the various department programs have in common, and, to the greatest extent possible, make the requirements uniform across all applications required for the programs administered under all divisions of the department; and (3) Make recommendations (b) Eliminating department programs that have few or no beneficiaries; (c) Annexing to department programs similar programs administered by other state agencies; and (d) Separating specific functions or divisions from the department and rehousing them in more appropriate state agencies or establishing them as stand-alone bodies. SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the limitation on expenditures established by section 11 (1), chapter 616, Oregon Laws 2025, for the biennium ending June 30, 2027, as the maximum limit …
Sponsors
- Daniel Nguyen (D, 38) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter 40, (2026 Laws): Effective date March 31, 2026.
- : Governor signed.
- : President signed.
- : Speaker signed.
- : Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed.
- : Second reading.
- : Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.
- : Referred to Ways and Means.
- : First reading. Referred to President's desk.
- : Third reading. Carried by Nguyen D. Passed.
Votes
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. (March 6, 2026): 29 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Third reading. Carried by Nguyen D. Passed. (March 3, 2026): 56 yea, 0 nay, passed
- JWM Committee Vote (February 27, 2026): 22 yea, 2 nay, passed
- HECDSB Committee Vote (February 9, 2026): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB4062?
- HB4062 is a bill in the Oregon Legislature (2026 Legislative Measures): Relating to evaluating Business Oregon programs; and declaring an emergency.
- What does HB4062 do?
- Digest: The Act would have Business Oregon look at its programs and try to streamline them. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.1). Requires the Director of the Oregon Business Development Department to evaluate the programs administered by the department and provide recommendations for streamlining them. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
- What is the status of HB4062?
- Chaptered as of April 6, 2026. Latest action: Chapter 40, (2026 Laws): Effective date March 31, 2026. (April 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB4062?
- Daniel Nguyen (D, 38).
- Where is the official record for HB4062?
- On the Oregon Legislature website: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/4062
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