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HB 4026
This proposal did not become law. HB 4026 would have directed the Department of Consumer and Business Services to conduct a study of consumer protection and submit a report with potential legislative recommendations to relevant Legislative Assembly interim committees by September 15, 2027. The measure's authority would have expired on January 2, 2028. It would have created no new regulations, programs, or immediate obligations for consumers or businesses; it solely mandates an administrative study and reporting requirement for the state agency.
Generated explanation · Introduced · Analyzed 8/19/2026 · Open official Introduced text
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HB 4026 would have directed the Department of Consumer and Business Services to conduct a study of consumer protection and submit a report with potential legislative recommendations to relevant Legislative Assembly interim committees by September 15, 2027. The measure's authority would have expired on January 2, 2028. It would have created no new regulations, programs, or immediate obligations for consumers or businesses; it solely mandates an administrative study and reporting requirement for the state agency.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
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 broad scope of the study mandate ('consumer protection' without limiting qualifiers) suggests lawmakers may be seeking a comprehensive review of existing consumer protection frameworks to identify systemic gaps or emerging threats across multiple sectors rather than addressing a specific, narrow issue.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Introduced
Bears the obligation to design, execute, and fund the study; would have had to prepare and submit a report by the statutory deadline using procedures in ORS 192.245.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: Receive the study findings and any legislative recommendations for potential future action.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
The proposal would have had no direct immediate effect on rights, obligations, or costs; potential indirect impact only if subsequent legislation is enacted based on the study's recommendations.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
DCBS would have incured administrative costs to perform the study, which might have diverted staff time from ongoing enforcement or regulatory activities.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
The report would have had to follow ORS 192.245 procedures, likely making findings public and accessible to stakeholders.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: No changes to consumer rights, business compliance requirements, or eligibility for state programs occur under this text.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Oregon residents and market integrity
The study would have identified a systemic vulnerability in Oregon's consumer protection laws that exposes residents to widespread financial harm, leading to swift legislative action that prevents significant economic losses and would have strengthened market integrity.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Introduced
DCBS and taxpayers
Potential effect if enacted: DCBS allocates substantial resources to the study without clear scope, resulting in a delayed or overly broad report that fails to produce actionable recommendations, while simultaneously straining the department's capacity to enforce existing consumer protection laws.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Introduced
The text would have permitted a study and recommendations but does not constrain the scope of 'consumer protection' or limit how DCBS might have interpreted its findings, creating room for duty creep or regulatory overreach based on the department's discretion.
Sources · Introduced
Mandating a comprehensive consumer protection study would have provided a structured opportunity to identify systemic issues and inform future policy but would have imposed administrative costs on DCBS and delays concrete regulatory action until recommendations are processed and enacted.
Evidence-based legislative improvements that could have enhanced consumer safeguards.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: Resource diversion from enforcement; potential for unfunded or burdensome recommendations; no immediate relief for consumers.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Introduced
Model self-rating: high. The bill text is clear and unambiguous regarding the study mandate, reporting deadline, sunset provision, and lack of immediate regulatory changes. Inferences are bounded by the text's broad scope. 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
Not a qualifying replacement
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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: broadly retained.
Reviewer: /root/review_recent_a · 2026-09-29
Not a qualifying replacement
Only the introduced bill is available; the packet shows no adopted replacement version or qualifying amendment.
Policy purpose: broadly retained.
“SECTION 1. The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall study consumer 5 protection. The department shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and 6 may include recommendations for legislation, to the interim committees of”
Introduced
“SECTION 1. The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall study consumer 5 protection. The department shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and 6 may include recommendations for legislation, to the interim committees of”
Introduced
Reviewer: /root/review_recent_b · 2026-09-29
Not a qualifying replacement
The generic study proposal has no replacement event.
Policy purpose: broadly retained.
“SECTION 1. The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall study consumer 5 protection. The department shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and 6 may include recommendations for legislation”
Introduced
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Presession filing record
Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed.
LC 149 draft
Date printed on LC draft: December 2, 2025
LC 149 became HB 4026
Mapping document posted: January 13, 2026 at 5:43 AM PST
LC0149_DRAFT_2026_Regular_Session
House Interim Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection introduction work session
Committee meeting: January 14, 2026 at 11:30 AM PST
HR F
Committee introduction motion
Committee meeting: January 14, 2026 at 11:30 AM PST
A motion was made to adopt the listed legislative concepts as committee bills.
Official vote: 8-1-1
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In committee upon adjournment.
Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection.
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
“Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study consumer protection.”
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