HB 4099
Plain-language analysis
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HB 4099 establishes a temporary state task force that must design a statewide plan to equip every Oregon county with trained two-person veteran crisis response teams, develop a government-issued veteran crisis identification card, establish a method to flag veterans in crisis within the Law Enforcement Data System (LEDS), and recommend legal changes for law enforcement transfers. The measure carries no direct appropriations, imposes no immediate mandates on counties or agencies beyond data sharing and advisory support, and expires on December 31, 2027. Material consequences depend entirely on subsequent legislative action to fund and implement the task force's recommendations.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Official sources do not state why this measure was proposed.
Sponsor testimony, staff summaries, committee materials, or statutory findings may explain it.
Inferred from cited text; not a stated purpose.
The measure may aim to address gaps in identifying military status during behavioral health crises, as state data indicates a significant portion of crisis service recipients have missing or unknown military status information.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Staff Measure Summary
Potential future access to standardized county-level crisis teams and identification protocols, contingent on subsequent legislation.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Required to evaluate and potentially adopt organizational structures for veteran crisis teams and integrate LEDS flagging protocols based on task force recommendations.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Directed to provide staff support, subject-matter expertise, and data assistance to the task force without additional appropriations.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Appointed legislators and experts will serve in advisory or volunteer capacities with no compensation unless meeting specific statutory qualifications.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
State agencies must share information and assist the task force within confidentiality limits. Counties will need to assess funding and staffing models for crisis teams based on the final proposal. Law enforcement may face new protocols for identifying veterans in crisis via LEDS, pending legal changes.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
No direct state or local expenditures are authorized; implementation costs will depend on future legislative appropriations and county-level decisions. Eligibility for crisis services remains unchanged until new programs are established.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Access to veteran-specific crisis response will be standardized only if counties adopt the proposed teams. The LEDS flagging mechanism could improve law enforcement situational awareness but requires careful legal framing to avoid privacy violations.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Oregon veterans and families
A veteran experiencing a severe mental health episode in a rural county is identified via the new LEDS flag and ID card, allowing a specially trained two-person crisis team to intervene immediately without police escalation, preventing injury or homelessness.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Enrolled
Oregon veterans and families
A veteran with a minor legal infraction is incorrectly flagged in LEDS as in crisis, leading to prolonged involuntary holds, restricted firearm rights under federal law, or employment discrimination due to the government-issued card being misused by employers or landlords.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Enrolled
The text legally permits the creation of a veteran crisis ID and LEDS flagging system for health and safety coordination. However, weak enforcement safeguards or duty creep could allow local agencies to misuse the flag as a general behavioral marker, leading to unwarranted surveillance, discriminatory policing, or unauthorized data sharing beyond confidentiality statutes.
Sources · Enrolled; Governor HB 4099 signing letter — signing-letter
The measure balances improved crisis response and veteran identification against potential privacy risks and unfunded county implementation burdens. Upsides include standardized crisis protocols and improved law enforcement awareness; downsides include potential privacy violations, discriminatory data usage, and unfunded county implementation costs.
Standardized crisis protocols and improved law enforcement awareness
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Potential privacy violations, discriminatory data usage, and unfunded county implementation costs
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
The enrolled text is substantively identical to the introduced version regarding statutory provisions, composition, mandate, reporting deadline, sunset date, and effective date. The only material difference is the addition of numerous co-sponsors in the enrolled header and the removal of the editorial summary and line-number formatting from the introduced version.
Addition of co-sponsors
Low. Does not alter statutory provisions or implementation requirements.
Sources · Enrolled; Introduced
Removal of editorial summary and line-number formatting
Low. Does not alter statutory provisions or implementation requirements.
Sources · Enrolled; Introduced
Tradeoff: No material change to the core tradeoff or beneficiary exposure between versions.
high confidence. The analysis is grounded in the enrolled bill text, official fiscal/revenue statements, staff summaries, and the Governor's signing letter. No speculation or external data is used.
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Introduced bill text posted
Posted Jan 28, 2026, 3:25 PM PST
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Selected document summary
No deeper official pre-number history was found.
Chief sponsors: Representative Rick Lewis, Representative Court Boice, Senator Lew Frederick
Regular sponsors: Representative Vikki Breese-Iverson, Representative Matt Bunch, Representative Darcey Edwards, Representative Paul Evans, Representative Dacia Grayber, Representative Darin Harbick, Representative Jeffrey Helfrich, Representative Bobby Levy, Representative Emily McIntire, Representative Virgle Osborne, Representative Mark Owens, Representative Anna Scharf, Representative Alek Skarlatos, Senator David Brock Smith, Representative Sue Rieke Smith, Representative E. Werner Reschke, Representative Dwayne Yunker, Representative Travis Nelson, Representative Mari Watanabe, Senator Kim Thatcher, Senator Mark Meek, Senator Janeen Sollman
House carrier
Representative Rick Lewis
Third Reading Of House Bills
Senate carrier
Senator Mark Meek
Third Reading Of House Measures
A carrier presents the measure or report but is not necessarily its sponsor or author.
Records already listed in Activity are not repeated here.
Official origin records are incomplete; missing facts are not inferred.
31 events
Full timeline
31 entries shown.
Chapter 19, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026.
Governor issued signing letter
Governor signed.
President signed.
Speaker signed.
Third reading. Carried by Meek. Passed.
Ayes, 28; Excused, 2--Frederick, Hayden.
Second reading.
Recommendation: Do pass.
Public Hearing and Work Session held.
Public Hearing and Work Session
Heard and Reported Out · Agenda item 2 · Room HR C · Establishes the Task Force on Responding to Veterans in Crisis and directs the task force to submit a report to the interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to emergency management and veterans no later than September 15, 2026.
Public Hearing Cancelled.
Public Hearing · Cancelled
Agenda item 1 · Room HR C · Establishes the Task Force on Responding to Veterans in Crisis and directs the task force to submit a report to the interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to emergency management and veterans no later than September 15, 2026.
Referred to Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs.
First reading. Referred to President's desk.
Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Lewis. Passed.
Ayes, 57; Excused, 2--McIntire, Valderrama; Excused for Business of the House, 1--Elmer.
Second reading.
Subsequent referral to Ways and Means rescinded by order of the Speaker.
Recommendation: Do pass and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded.
Work Session held.
Work Session
Heard and Reported Out · Agenda item 5 · Room HR B · Establishes the Task Force on Responding to Veterans in Crisis and directs the task force to submit a report to the interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to emergency management and veterans no later than September 15, 2026.
IS_Impact HB 4099 INTRO
Revenue Impact Statement
Public Hearing held.
Public Hearing
Heard · Agenda item 4 · Room HR B · Establishes the Task Force on Responding to Veterans in Crisis and directs the task force to submit a report to the interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to emergency management and veterans no later than September 15, 2026.
Referred to Emergency Management and Veterans with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
“Enrolled bill text posted”
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