HB 4113
Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to study housing development opportunities conditioned upon land conservation.
| Status | In House Committee (HHOUSH) |
| Sponsors | Ken Helm (Democrat) (Chief), Vikki Breese-Iverson (Republican), Emerson Levy (Democrat), Dick Anderson (Republican), Tom Andersen (Democrat), Kevin Mannix (Republican), Court Boice (Republican) |
| Fiscal impact | May have fiscal impact, but no statement yet issued |
| Revenue impact | May have revenue impact, but no statement yet issued |
Bill Text
Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to study housing development opportunities conditioned upon land conservation.
Sponsors#
Chief Sponsors: Ken Helm
Co-Sponsors: Vikki Breese-Iverson, Emerson Levy, Dick Anderson, Tom Andersen
Overview#
Digest: This Act makes DLCD study housing credits. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.7). Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to study housing development opportunities conditioned upon land conservation. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use no later than September 15, 2027. Sunsets on January 2, 2028.
Public Testimony
| Name | Organization | Position | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Casey | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| William Lazar | Sisters | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Andrea Christiansen | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Gayle Norie | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Caitlin Jensen | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Angela Prinz | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Cierra Buer | POWELL BUTTE | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Charles Hemingway | Deschutes County | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Karen Hazzard | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Mark Kelley | Sisters | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Linda Klein | Sisters | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Elinor Wilson | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Kathleen Roche | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| BERT HINKLEY | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Clifford Toney | Redmond | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Matt Kelly | BEND | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Sydney Harrison | Sisters | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Celeste Carico | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| John Torrey | Milaukie | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Clint Landeen | Canby | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Rita Pearson | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Zachary Stewart | BEND | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Carrie Cooke | White City | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Kim Brown | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Lee Johnson | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Richard Pross | Lake Oswego | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Michele McKay | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Tara Duffy | Yachats | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Gwen Schneider | Terrebonne | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Jeffrey Richardson | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Susan Martin | BEND | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Sarah Bigbee | bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Jefferey Perla | Sisters | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Shaelynn Davis | Eugene | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Julia Babjacj | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Kathy Hanavan | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Carol Moorehead | Sisters | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Alec Lovejoy | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Dawn Phipps | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Kathryn Fox | Salem | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Michael Lavrich | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Spencer Bailey | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Leif Wiebe | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Bradford Hinman | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Robert Kuntz | Sisters Oregon | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Tamara Donnelly Glass | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Evan Schreiber | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Becky Stephenson | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Kathleen Huntington | Sisters | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Jane Happy | Eugene | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Margaret VanPatten | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-06 |
| Trieu Phan | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Janel Rieder | Sandy | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Trudy Berne | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Sharon Burk | Powell Butte | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| William Steen | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Emily Phan | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Betsey Nelson | Sunriver | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Kay Firor | Cove | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Zenia Kuzma | Sisters | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Joe Craig | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Liz Delfert | Redmond OR | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Yancy Lind | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Diane Mattox | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Barbara Bohm Becker | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Malcolm Costello | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| cliff mitchell | bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Thomas Kelley | Sunriver | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| sage cattabriga-alosa | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Michael Pigott | Forest Grove | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Megan Joens | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Nancy Floyd | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Patrice Roberts | Salem | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Gary Harlan | Springfield | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Greg Roberts | Salem | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Lynn Freeman | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Lacey Kloster | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Roger Sabbadini | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Frances Avery | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| John Livingston | Salem | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Larry Green | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Jim Sternberg | Sisters | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Karon Johnson | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Bob Walker | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Ranotta McNair | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Molly Honea | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Dan Puffinburger | Sisters | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Gary Ivey | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| JOSHUA MOONEY | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Elina Lin | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| E. David Nissen | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Jeff Parks | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Erin Rifkin | Seattle | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Scott Christiansen | BEND | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Judy Rowe | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| EMILY ZIEGLER | Deschutes | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Connie Peterson | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Peter Schay | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| cora pepin | SISTERS | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Bruce Mason | Sisters | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Jeff Heilman | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Wade Nogy | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Rrebecca Sentgeorge | Redmond | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Sandra Joos | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Duane Sentgeorge | Redmond | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Mark Reed | Sisters | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Vicki Bugbee-Reed | Sisters | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Anne McLaughlin | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Bryant Robey | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Dorothy Wylie | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Eleanor Gaines | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Donna Harris | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Ken Brinich | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Ken Brinich | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Kelsie Skinner | Sisters | Oppose | 2026-02-07 |
| Jessica Scott | BEND | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Kirk Barnes | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Ellie Larson | Redmond | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Mary Becker | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Stana Medina | Redmond | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Glen Ardt | Deschutes | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Janice Castelbaum | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Jill Mahler | BEND | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Michael Oehl | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Mary Powell | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Jill Dewey | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Lee Rengert | Salem | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Kim McCarrel | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Jim Reiss | Sisters oregon | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Cole Graber-Mitchell | Newport | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Wes and Linda Wada | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Susan Hartford | Hood River | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Cheryl Neal | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Sheila Dooley | Mosier | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Maya Robbins | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Hank Popiela | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Tlee Brown | Deschutes County unincorporated | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Helen Harbin | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Janet Aronson | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Nadine Sims | Sisters | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| John Desmond | McMinnville | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Marna Herrington | portland | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Andrew Lightcap | Lake Oswego | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Walster Marilyn | Yamhill | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| John Blumthal | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Valerie Stanik | Corvallis | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Craig Renkert | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Jeff Boyer | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Teresa Smergut | Wallowa | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Jon Tardiff | North Plains | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Charlotte Campbell | Albany | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Nancy McKimens | portland | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Bernard LeTourneau | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Ed Ris | Eugene | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| JOHN ALLCOTT | Eugene | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| John Malarkey | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Monica Gilman | Lincoln City | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Mark Salvo | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Allison Rogers | Banks | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Carol Sutherland | Hillsboro | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Sheila Baraga | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| CE McLachlan | Grants Pass | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Lucy Brehm | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Michael Dean | NORTH BEND | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Scott Johnson | Redmond | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Billy Sheets | Newberg | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Kathaleen B Parker | SALEM | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Nancy K Anderson | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Maya Holzman | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Julie Vosberg | Sisters | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Mark Darienzo | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Hampson Blair | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Beth Jacobi | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Dan Keeley | Saint Paul | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Carolanne Fry | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Peter H von Hippel | Eugene | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Eileen Schill | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-08 |
| Bobbee Murr | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Wendy Byrne | Corvallis | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Joyce De Monnin | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Matthew Sztelle | Hillsboro | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Andre Fortin | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Tanja Olson | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Eric Evans | REDMOND | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Chris Robuck | Hood River | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Jason Anderson | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| LINEA FULLER | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Rachel Hopkins | Redmond | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Sue Kelso-Haines | Hood River | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Robert Migliori | Newberg | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Joanne Hugi | Walterville | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Wendy Holzman | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Janie Voderberg | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Claire Stock | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Raymond Wischhover | Redmond | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Elizabeth Voth | Silverton | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Adam Sunshine | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Kyle Haines | Hood River | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Charles McGinnis | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Amy Vanderlaan | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Michael Vanderlaan | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| ronald strasser | portland | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| David Green | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Ben Asher | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Christopher Foster | Multnomah County | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Paul Claeyssens | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Lester Oehler | Benton | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Julie Westlin-Naigus | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Ann Brayfield | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Abraham Sutfin | Abbey ridge vineyard | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Larry Weymouth | Corvallis | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Ann Skelton | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Larry Martin | Hood River | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Isabel Milkovich | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Ben Gordon | Central Oregon LandWatch and 1000 Friends of Orego | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Rose Garcia | Dallas | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Paul Dewey | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Ben Gordon | Multiple Organizations | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Dan McFarling | Aloha | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Hella Nordberg | Salem | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Nancy Engelhard | BEND | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Dianne Ensign | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-09 |
| Susanna DeFazio | Sisters | Oppose | 2026-02-10 |
| Cathy Russell | Sisters | Oppose | 2026-02-10 |
| Nellie McAdams | Oregon Agricultural Trust | Oppose | 2026-02-10 |
| David Gutt | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-10 |
| Patricia Green | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-10 |
| Douglas Hancock | Friends of the Metolius | Oppose | 2026-02-10 |
| Chad Harmon | Sisters | Oppose | 2026-02-10 |
| Tabatha Rood | Gold Beach | Oppose | 2026-02-10 |
| Russell Jenkins | Terrebonne | Oppose | 2026-02-10 |
| Rory Isbell | Central Oregon LandWatch | Oppose | 2026-02-10 |
| Charles Missar | Eugene | Oppose | 2026-02-10 |
| Sandra Farrell | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-10 |
| Susan Koe | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-10 |
| Claire Sisterhen | Tigard | Oppose | 2026-02-10 |
| Melissa Turnbull | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-10 |
| Eva Eagle | Sisters | Oppose | 2026-02-10 |
| Wayne Richards | Tualatin | Oppose | 2026-02-10 |
| Joanna Malaczynski | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-10 |
| Megan Newell | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-10 |
| Corinne Sherton | Salem | Oppose | 2026-02-11 |
| James Emerson | rural Multnomah County | Oppose | 2026-02-11 |
| Julie Entrekin | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-11 |
| Amy Houchen | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-11 |
| Bonnie Mogstad | SPRINGFIELD | Oppose | 2026-02-11 |
| John Collins | Bend Oregon | Oppose | 2026-02-11 |
| Connie Baron | North Plains | Oppose | 2026-02-11 |
| Greg Macpherson | Albany | Oppose | 2026-02-11 |
| Katherine Fetty | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-11 |
| Tonia Moro | Talent | Oppose | 2026-02-11 |
| Miranda Crown | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-11 |
| Bill Bold | Portland | Oppose | 2026-02-11 |
| Brenda Zimmerman | Redmond | Oppose | 2026-02-11 |
| Richard van Pelt | Salem | Oppose | 2026-02-11 |
| Cameron La Follette | Oregon Coast Alliance | Oppose | 2026-02-11 |
| James Dayton | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-11 |
| Claire Kean | Lake Oswego | Support | 2026-02-11 |
| Zac Kean | West Linn | Support | 2026-02-11 |
| Kim Cleveland | Lebanon | Support | 2026-02-11 |
| Monda Korich | W SACRAMENTO | Support | 2026-02-11 |
| Amy BENSON | FOREST GROVE | Oppose | 2026-02-11 |
| Natalie Bennett | West Sacramento | Support | 2026-02-11 |
| Amber Elliott | West Sacramento | Support | 2026-02-11 |
| Brennan Fogarty | Lake Oswego | Support | 2026-02-11 |
| Jim Kean | West Linn | Support | 2026-02-11 |
| Jacob Resnikoff | Tigard | Support | 2026-02-11 |
| Douglas Kean | North Plains | Support | 2026-02-11 |
| Staci Hunter | Vancouver WA | Support | 2026-02-11 |
| Linda Korich | Portland | Support | 2026-02-11 |
| Doug Heymann | Portland | Support | 2026-02-11 |
| Mary Kyle McCurdy | HB 4113 | Oppose | 2026-02-11 |
| Stephanie Dharmat | Portland | Support | 2026-02-11 |
| Mike Thompson | Minneapolis | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Joe Looney | Waldport | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| James Hicks | Lake Oswego OR | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Margaret Barrow | Waldport | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Stefanie Fogarty | Lake Oswego | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Robert Hockett | Berkeley CA | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Lorie Hancock | Camp Sherman | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Jordan Pan | Highlands Ranch | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Duncan Berry | OTIS | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Alex Shu | Oakland | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Shane Lundgren | Camp Sherman | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| William Rauch | Lebanon | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| wendela vaandrager | sisters | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Brad Burde | New York | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Kim Lundgren | Camp Sherman | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Michael Trujillo | VANCOUVER | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Judy Stewart | Sisters | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Tabitha Boschetti | American Planning Association - Oregon Chapter | Oppose | 2026-02-12 |
| Douglas Kean | North Plains | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Jason Eckhoff | Bend | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Kay Peterson | Woodburn | Oppose | 2026-02-12 |
| Nancy Brink | Gresham | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Susan Bragdon | Portland | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Forrest Haack | Wasilla | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Thomas Livernash | Bend | Oppose | 2026-02-12 |
| Aiden Vetterlein | Portland | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Lenny Webb | Oregon City | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| kelly lanspa | Rhododendron | Oppose | 2026-02-12 |
| David Mauk | Wilsonville | Oppose | 2026-02-12 |
| Steven Young | West Linn | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Whitney Haack | Wasilla | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Jackie Byer | West Linn | Support | 2026-02-12 |
| Christine Kosinski | Oregon City | Oppose | 2026-02-12 |
| Henry Smithe | West Linn | Support | 2026-02-12 |
Legislative History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | H | First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. |
| 2026-02-02 | H | Referred to Housing and Homelessness. |
| 2026-02-10 | H | Public Hearing held. |