HB 4065 — Modifies provisions relating to late payment of seed production contracts and seed purchase contracts for agricultural seed and other seed.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-16
Digest: The Act makes changes related to the late payment of seed contracts. The Act declares an emergency, effective on passage. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Modifies provisions relating to late payment of seed production contracts and seed purchase contracts for agricultural seed and other seed. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Latest action: — Chapter Number Assigned
Sponsors
- Scharf, Anna (R, OR-23) — sponsor
- Levy, Bobby (R, OR-58) — cosponsor
- Sollman, Janeen (D, OR-15) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · state_lower — First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
- · state_lower — Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water.
- · state_lower — Public Hearing held.
- · state_lower — Work Session held.
- · state_lower — Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.
- · state_lower — Second reading.
- · state_lower — Potential conflict(s) of interest declared by Scharf.
- · state_lower — Third reading. Carried by Scharf. Passed.
- · state_upper — First reading. Referred to President's desk.
- · state_upper — Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire.
- · state_upper — Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- · state_upper — Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.
- · state_upper — Second reading.
- · state_upper — Third reading. Carried by Nash. Passed.
- · state_lower — Speaker signed.
- · state_upper — President signed.
- · state_lower — Governor signed.
- · state_lower — Chapter 41, (2026 Laws): Effective date March 31, 2026.
Text versions
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scharf, Anna (R, state_lower OR-23) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Levy, Bobby (R, state_lower OR-58) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Sollman, Janeen (D, state_upper OR-15) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no