Oregon legislation · 2026 Legislative Measures
Oregon HB4120: Relating to smoking policies in residential tenancies.
Status: Chaptered, March 3, 2026
Digest: This Act lets landlords restrict smoking in apartments. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2). Allows residential landlords of multifamily housing to convert premises to nonsmoking for existing tenants upon [ 90 ] 180 days' written notice. Applies to new and existing rental agreements.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, March 3, 2026:
83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2026 Regular Session House Bill 4120 Sponsored by Representatives EDWARDS, RUIZ; Representatives BOICE, BREESE-IVERSON, BUNCH, HELFRICH, JAVADI, LEVY B, LEVY E, LEWIS, MCINTIRE, NELSON, OSBORNE, PHAM H, RIEKE SMITH, SCHARF, SKARLATOS, WISE, YUNKER, Senators SOLLMAN, WEBER (Presession filed.) CHAPTER ................................................. Relating to smoking policies in residential tenancies; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 90.262 and 479.305. SECTION 1. ORS 90.262 is amended to read: 90.262. (1) A landlord, from time to time, may adopt a rule or regulation, however described, concerning the tenant's use and occupancy of the premises. It is enforceable against the tenant only if: (a) Its purpose is to promote the convenience, safety or welfare of the tenants in the premises, preserve the landlord's property from abusive use, or make a fair distribution of services and facilities held out for the tenants generally; (b) It is reasonably related to the purpose for which it is adopted; (c) It applies to all tenants in the premises in a fair manner; (d) It is sufficiently explicit in its prohibition, direction or limitation of the tenant's conduct to fairly inform the tenant of what the tenant must or must not do to comply; (e) It is not for the purpose of evading the obligations of the landlord; and (f) The tenant has written notice of it at …
Sponsors
- Darcey Edwards (R, 31) · primary sponsor
- Ricardo Ruiz (D, 50) · primary sponsor
- Court Boice (R, 1)
- Vikki Breese-Iverson (R, 59)
- Bunch, Matt (R, 51)
- Jeff Helfrich (R, 52)
- Levy B (I)
- Rick Lewis (R, 18)
- Emily McIntire (R, 56)
- Virgle Osborne (R, 2)
- Sue Rieke Smith (D, 26)
- Anna Scharf (R, 23)
Latest actions
- : Chapter 60, (2026 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2027.
- : Governor signed.
- : President signed.
- : Speaker signed.
- : Starr granted unanimous consent to declare potential conflict of interest after the vote.
- : Girod declared potential conflict of interest.
- : Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed.
- : Second reading.
- : Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.
- : Public Hearing and Work Session held.
Votes
- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. (March 3, 2026): 24 yea, 4 nay, passed
- SHDEV Committee Vote (February 26, 2026): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Third reading. Carried by Edwards. Passed. (February 19, 2026): 51 yea, 2 nay, passed
- HHOUSH Committee Vote (February 12, 2026): 13 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB4120?
- HB4120 is a bill in the Oregon Legislature (2026 Legislative Measures): Relating to smoking policies in residential tenancies.
- What does HB4120 do?
- Digest: This Act lets landlords restrict smoking in apartments. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2). Allows residential landlords of multifamily housing to convert premises to nonsmoking for existing tenants upon [ 90 ] 180 days' written notice. Applies to new and existing rental agreements.
- What is the status of HB4120?
- Chaptered as of March 3, 2026. Latest action: Chapter 60, (2026 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2027. (April 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB4120?
- Darcey Edwards (R, 31), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB4120?
- On the Oregon Legislature website: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/4120
Source: official Oregon record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.