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HB 4139
This proposal did not become law. The Engrossed version of HB 4139 would have increased quarterly funding to the Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement Grant Program from $750,000 to $3 million by redirecting revenue from the Oregon Marijuana Account. It would have expanded the statutory definition of a debilitating medical condition to allow licensed healthcare providers to certify marijuana use for any condition they determine might have been mitigated by it based on evidence-based practice and professional judgment, while repealing the prior rulemaking petition process. The measure would have eliminated earlier provisions that would have taxed industrial hemp-derived cannabinoid products and expanded unannounced regulatory inspections.
Generated explanation · A-Engrossed · Analyzed 8/20/2026 · Open official A-Engrossed text
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The Engrossed version of HB 4139 would have increased quarterly funding to the Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement Grant Program from $750,000 to $3 million by redirecting revenue from the Oregon Marijuana Account. It would have expanded the statutory definition of a debilitating medical condition to allow licensed healthcare providers to certify marijuana use for any condition they determine might have been mitigated by it based on evidence-based practice and professional judgment, while repealing the prior rulemaking petition process. The measure would have eliminated earlier provisions that would have taxed industrial hemp-derived cannabinoid products and expanded unannounced regulatory inspections.
Basis: Bill text · Sources: A-Engrossed; Staff Measure Summary A
The measure addresses funding for the Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement Grant Program to assist law enforcement in addressing unlawful marijuana production, cannabis-related labor trafficking, worker abuse, and victim support services, while updating medical marijuana eligibility criteria to reflect provider discretion rather than administrative rulemaking.
Basis: Official analysis · Source: Staff Measure Summary A
Inferred from cited text; not a stated purpose.
The legislative shift from broad hemp regulation and new taxation to targeted enforcement funding and provider-driven medical eligibility suggests a compromise prioritizing immediate law enforcement resources and clinical flexibility over uniform statewide standards and new revenue streams. This inference is based on the explicit removal of industrial hemp tax and inspection mandates in engrossment, coupled with the retention of fixed IMMEGP funding increases and expanded provider certification authority.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: A-Engrossed; Staff Measure Summary A
Potential effect if enacted: Patients gain broader eligibility for medical marijuana certification based on individual provider judgment rather than a fixed administrative rulemaking list. Providers gain statutory authority to certify conditions not previously listed, subject to professional standards.
Basis: Bill text · Source: A-Engrossed
Potential effect if enacted: Receive substantially increased quarterly grant funding ($3 million vs. $750,000) from the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to target unlawful marijuana markets, labor trafficking, and victim support, though funding remains grant-dependent rather than statutorily guaranteed.
Basis: Bill text · Source: A-Engrossed
Potential effect if enacted: No longer subject to a new retail sales tax on industrial hemp-derived cannabinoid products or expanded unannounced OLCC/ODA inspections due to their removal in engrossment. They remain regulated under existing state law.
Basis: Bill text · Source: A-Engrossed
Potential effect if enacted: Retain existing regulatory authority but avoid new statutory mandates for immediate license suspensions and warrantless/unannounced inspections that were proposed in the introduced version.
Basis: Bill text · Source: A-Engrossed
Healthcare providers would have had to document certifications using evidence-based practice and professional judgment, shifting clinical discretion into statute. Patients might have seeked certification for a wider range of conditions without waiting for OHA rulemaking. Law enforcement agencies would have had to apply for IMMEGP grants to fund anti-illegal-market operations.
Basis: Bill text · Source: A-Engrossed
Increased grant funding would have reduced reliance on General Fund supplements for illegal market enforcement. Medical marijuana eligibility would have expanded, potentially increasing patient enrollment in the registry program. Hemp product manufacturers face no new tax or inspection mandates from this bill.
Basis: Bill text · Source: A-Engrossed
Potential effect if enacted: Medical access becomes more provider-driven rather than rule-driven. Enforcement capacity is financially bolstered but remains grant-dependent. No new warrantless search authority is created; existing probable cause standards apply to inspections.
Basis: Bill text · Source: A-Engrossed
Medical marijuana patients and law enforcement agencies
Potential effect if enacted: A patient with a novel or rare condition receives timely medical marijuana certification from their provider, avoiding years of bureaucratic rulemaking delays, while law enforcement uses the increased IMMEGP grants to dismantle a large-scale unlawful cultivation operation causing environmental damage and labor exploitation.
Basis: Inferred · Source: A-Engrossed
Medical marijuana patients and rural communities
Potential effect if enacted: A provider certifies marijuana use for a condition with minimal clinical evidence, leading to inconsistent statewide medical eligibility standards and potential insurance or federal compliance conflicts. Simultaneously, grant-funded enforcement operations face resource strain if illicit market activity shifts geographically rather than decreasing, leaving rural communities without sustained regulatory oversight of hemp operations.
Basis: Inferred · Source: A-Engrossed
Potential effect if enacted: Distinguishes statutory permission from enforcement failure scenarios.
Sources · A-Engrossed
Potential effect if enacted: The measure trades broad regulatory expansion and new hemp taxation for targeted law enforcement funding and provider-driven medical eligibility, prioritizing immediate enforcement capacity and clinical flexibility over uniform statewide standards and new revenue streams.
Accelerates illegal market disruption funding; would have reduced bureaucratic barriers to medical marijuana access; avoids regulatory burden on the industrial hemp sector.
Basis: Inferred · Source: A-Engrossed
Would have created variable medical eligibility standards dependent on individual provider judgment; would have eliminated a potential new tax base for hemp products; leaves enforcement outcomes heavily dependent on grant administration rather than statutory mandates.
Basis: Inferred · Source: A-Engrossed
The Engrossed version significantly narrows the measure's scope by removing provisions that would have imposed a retail sales tax on industrial hemp-derived cannabinoid products, defined new container standards, and authorized unannounced OLCC/ODA inspections with law enforcement accompaniment. It also eliminates the proposed immediate suspension of marijuana producer licenses. The retained core provisions increase quarterly IMMEGP funding from $750,000 to $3 million and expand the debilitating medical condition definition to allow provider discretion, while repealing the prior OHA rulemaking petition process (ORS 475C.913).
Increased quarterly IMMEGP funding from $750,000 to $3 million.
Substantially expands grant capacity for illegal market disruption and labor trafficking investigations.
Sources · A-Engrossed
Tradeoff: The measure trades broad regulatory expansion and new hemp taxation for targeted law enforcement funding and provider-driven medical eligibility, prioritizing immediate enforcement capacity and clinical flexibility over uniform statewide standards and new revenue streams.
Model self-rating: high. Analysis is grounded exclusively in the provided Engrossed bill text and official legislative revenue/fiscal summaries. No external speculation or unverified claims are included. This is the model’s assessment of its own analysis, not independent verification or human review.
Possible effects if adopted; not current bill text.
This proposal has not become law. The generated effects below describe what it would require if enacted.
The measure would increase the quarterly state transfer to the Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement Grant Program from $750,000 to $3 million and would remove the Oregon Health Authority’s rulemaking and petition-approval authority for medical marijuana conditions, granting attending healthcare providers direct certification power based on professional judgment.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: House Amendments to Introduced; Fiscal Impact Statement A
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 text likely aims to reduce administrative bottlenecks in medical marijuana access by delegating condition qualification to clinical judgment, while simultaneously directing additional retail tax revenue toward law enforcement grants targeting unlicensed cultivation.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: House Amendments to Introduced; Staff Measure Summary A
Potential effect if enacted: Gain direct authority to certify new medical conditions without OHA rulemaking or petition approval, shifting qualification standards from administrative rules to clinical practice.
Basis: Inferred · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: Loses rulemaking and petition-approval authority over qualifying medical conditions; retains registry identification card issuance.
Basis: Inferred · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: Receive increased quarterly funding ($3 million vs $750,000) for illegal market enforcement grants.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: House Amendments to Introduced; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Potential effect if enacted: Gain potential access to medical marijuana for conditions not previously recognized by rule, subject to provider certification.
Basis: Inferred · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Providers would have to document qualifying conditions using evidence-based practice and professional judgment rather than relying on OHA-adopted rules.
Basis: Inferred · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: OHA no longer processes petitions under the repealed ORS 475C.913, eliminating a prior administrative pathway for condition recognition.
Basis: Inferred · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: IMMEGP receives $12 million annually ($24 million biennium) from the Oregon Marijuana Account, potentially expanding law enforcement capacity for illegal cultivation disruption.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: House Amendments to Introduced; Staff Measure Summary A
Potential effect if enacted: Revenue impact is minimal per LRO; however, the measure triggers a three-fifths legislative majority requirement for revenue-raising provisions.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Revenue Impact Statement A; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Patient with rare/non-listed condition
Potential effect if enacted: Receives timely medical marijuana certification from their provider without waiting years for OHA rulemaking, directly alleviating symptoms and avoiding costly out-of-state travel.
Basis: Inferred · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Public health/social services
Potential effect if enacted: A provider certifies a condition lacking clinical support due to weak oversight or financial incentives, leading to increased diversion or public health concerns that strain emergency or social services.
Basis: Inferred · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: duty_crep
Sources · House Amendments to Introduced
Expanding clinical discretion and enforcement funding accelerates patient access and illegal market disruption but would reduce uniform regulatory oversight and shifts qualification standards to individual provider judgment. Upsides include faster patient care and targeted law enforcement resources; downsides include inconsistent certification standards and potential for overcertification without standardized clinical thresholds.
Potential effect if enacted: Faster patient access to medical marijuana for non-listed conditions.
Basis: Inferred · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: Increased law enforcement capacity for disrupting unlicensed cultivation.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: House Amendments to Introduced; Staff Measure Summary A
Potential effect if enacted: Inconsistent certification standards across providers.
Basis: Inferred · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: Potential for overcertification without standardized clinical thresholds.
Basis: Inferred · Source: House Amendments to Introduced
Model self-rating: high. Analysis is grounded exclusively in the provided House Amendments text, A-Engrossed comparison, and official fiscal/staff summaries. No external speculation or legislative intent claims are made. This is the model’s assessment of its own analysis, not independent verification or human review.
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This proposal has not become law. The generated effects below describe what it would require if enacted.
If adopted, the amendment would increase quarterly state funding for illegal marijuana market enforcement grants by $2.25 million and update Oregon’s medical marijuana statutes to allow attending providers to certify qualifying conditions based on professional judgment rather than a fixed state-approved list.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Official sources state the measure increases retail tax funding to the Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement Grant Program and modifies the definition of debilitating medical condition to allow an attending provider to determine qualifying conditions based on evidence-based practice and professional judgment. The amendment also eliminates provisions concerning intoxicating hemp and OLCC inspection authorities, conforming medical marijuana statutory references by repealing ORS 475C.913.
Basis: Official analysis · Sources: Fiscal Impact Statement A; Staff Measure Summary A
Inferred from cited text; not a stated purpose.
The amendment narrows a broad legislative package into two targeted policy areas, suggesting a strategy to secure passage by removing controversial industrial hemp and tax provisions while addressing law enforcement resource needs and modernizing outdated medical marijuana definitions.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Staff Measure Summary A; Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Receives a $2.25 million per quarter increase in grant funding for illegal market enforcement activities.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Gain statutory authority to certify patients for medical marijuana based on professional judgment rather than waiting for OHA rulemaking or petition approvals.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Loses its statutory role in approving new debilitating conditions via petition or rule under the former framework, as that mechanism is removed from the text.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Unaffected by this amendment’s text, as the original bill’s provisions targeting them were eliminated.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
OCJC could distribute significantly more grants to law enforcement agencies for disrupting illegal grows and addressing labor trafficking.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Medical patients with conditions outside current OHA lists may qualify faster if a provider certifies eligibility, potentially expanding access but increasing clinical documentation requirements.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Administrative oversight shifts from centralized OHA rulemaking and petition processing to decentralized clinical assessments by individual providers.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Oregon Criminal Justice Commission
Potential effect if enacted: A patient with a rare, complex condition not on the current state list receives timely certification from their specialist, avoiding prolonged bureaucratic delays and gaining symptom relief.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Oregon Health Authority
Potential effect if enacted: An attending provider issues certifications for non-qualifying conditions without adequate clinical basis, leading to increased diversion of medical marijuana into unregulated channels or adverse health outcomes due to inconsistent oversight standards.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: inference
Sources · Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Expanding provider discretion and enforcement funding increases access to medical marijuana and targets illicit operations but would reduce standardized oversight and shifts regulatory burden from state agencies to individual clinicians. Upsides include faster patient access and more law enforcement resources; downsides include inconsistent certification standards, potential for provider overreach, and loss of uniform statewide medical criteria.
Potential effect if enacted: Faster patient access to medical marijuana for conditions outside current OHA lists.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Increased law enforcement capacity to disrupt illegal grows and labor trafficking through higher IMMEGP grants.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Inconsistent certification standards across providers due to reliance on individual professional judgment.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Potential effect if enacted: Loss of uniform statewide medical criteria and centralized OHA oversight for qualifying conditions.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Model self-rating: high. The amendment text is explicit regarding funding amounts and statutory definition changes. Official fiscal and staff analyses corroborate the scope and intent. No enacted status or prior version comparison is applicable. This is the model’s assessment of its own analysis, not independent verification or human review.
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Introduced bill text posted
Posted Jan 28, 2026, 3:25 PM PST
AI-assessed adopted replacement
The adopted rewrite removes the introduced hemp product, tax, licensing, and inspection scheme and substitutes two different cannabis-related provisions. The policy purpose changes.
AI assessment dated 2026-09-29. This classification is separate from enactment and legal effect.
Evidence snapshot: 2026-09-29. Later legislative records are not automatically reassessed.
Policy purpose: substantially changed.
Reviewer: /root/review_recent_a · 2026-09-29
AI-assessed adopted replacement
The adopted rewrite removes the introduced hemp product, tax, licensing, and inspection scheme and substitutes two different cannabis-related provisions. The policy purpose changes.
Policy purpose: substantially changed.
“SECTION 1. Section 2 of this 2026 Act is added to and made a part of ORS 475C.005 to 11 475C.525. 12 SECTION 2. (1)(a) As used in this section, “container” means the innermost wrapping, 13 packaging or vessel in direct contact with a final marijuana item in which the final 14 marijuana item product ”
Introduced
“SECTION 1. ORS 475C.728 is amended to read: 6 475C.728. Notwithstanding ORS 475C.726, before making any other distribution from the Oregon 7 Marijuana Account established under ORS 475C.726, the Department of Revenue shall first distrib- 8 ute quarterly from the account the following: 9 (1) $875”
A-Engrossed
Reviewer: /root/review_recent_b · 2026-09-29
AI-assessed adopted replacement
Adopted -3 amendment removes the original cannabis-regulatory package and substitutes grant funding with a narrow definition change; the common cannabis heading does not preserve the original mechanism.
Policy purpose: substantially changed.
“SECTION 1. Section 2 of this 2026 Act is added to and made a part of ORS 475C.005 to 11 475C.525. 12 SECTION 2. (1)(a) As used in this section, “container” means the innermost wrapping, 13 packaging or vessel in direct contact with a final marijuana item in which the final 14 mar”
Introduced
“SECTION 1. ORS 475C.728 is amended to read: 6 475C.728. Notwithstanding ORS 475C.726, before making any other distribution from the Oregon 7 Marijuana Account established under ORS 475C.726, the Department of Revenue shall first distrib- 8 ute quarterly from the account the following: 9 (1) $875”
A-Engrossed
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Likely revised proposal · Amendment -3
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Chief sponsors: Representative Kim Wallan, Representative Pam Marsh, Senator Lisa Reynolds
Regular sponsors: Representative Rick Lewis, Representative Emily McIntire, Representative Bobby Levy, Representative E. Werner Reschke
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In committee upon adjournment.
House Amendments to Introduced bill text posted
Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
Subsequent referral to Revenue rescinded by order of the Speaker.
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, subsequent referral to Revenue be rescinded, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
Work Session held.
IS_Impact HB 4139 3
Revenue Impact Statement
Amendment -3 adopted
Public Hearing held.
Amendment -2 proposed
Referred to Economic Development, Small Business, and Trade with subsequent referral to Revenue, then Ways and Means.
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
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luding House Bill 3000 (2021), House Bill 4074 (2022), Senate Bill 1564 (2022), Senate Bill 326 (2023), and House Bill 4121 (2024). Unlicensed producers compete with lawful, l
unlawful operations, including House Bill 3000 (2021), House Bill 4074 (2022), Senate Bill 1564 (2022), Senate Bill 326 (2023), and House Bill 4121 (2024). Unlicensed producer
Source title: Increases quarterly distributions to the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission for deposit into the Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement Grant Program Fund from $750,000 to $3 million.This source title may describe an earlier version. Read the current brief and version history above.
“Digest: The Act gives more money to the IMMEGP fund. The Act also changes what the phrase "debilitating medical condition" means. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). [ Digest: The Act says what the term "industrial hemp-derived cannabinoid product" means. The Act tells the OLCC and the ODA to inspect some premises and to have law enforcement join the OLCC and the ODA for the inspections. The Act also makes changes to other laws that regulate cannabis. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). ] [ Defines "container" and "industrial hemp-derived cannabinoid product." Changes the definition of "adult use cannabis item." Imposes a retail sales tax on industrial hemp-derived cannabinoid products. Directs the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to immediately suspend a license to produce marijuana for specified reasons. Directs the commission to inspect a premises licensed by the commission without advance notice for specified reasons and to request that law enforcement accompany the commission to the premises. ] [ Requires the State Department of Agriculture to complete a criminal records check on an applicant for an industrial hemp handler license. Requires an applicant for an industrial hemp grower license to provide a land use compatibility statement and information related to land ownership to the department. Directs the department to inspect a premises licensed by the department without advance notice for specified reasons and to request that law enforcement accompany the department to the premises. ] Increases quarterly distributions to the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission for deposit into the Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement Grant Program Fund from $750,000 to $3 million. Expands the definition of "debilitating medical condition" to include medical conditions that an attending provider determines might be mitigated by the medical use of marijuana. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.”
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