All Roll Calls
Yes: 116 • No: 0
OregonHB 40072026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Relating to transportation; and prescribing an effective date.
Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable
Signed by Governor
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Missing helmets cannot reduce injury awards
In covered injury or death lawsuits, missing protective headgear or breaking the headgear law cannot reduce damages or provide a defense. This protection applies to operators, users, and passengers of vehicles covered by the headgear law. Another person’s fault must have contributed at least partly to the injury or death.
Buyers gain protection against mislabeled rides
Sellers cannot advertise or sell vehicles as electric bicycles, motor assisted scooters, or powered micromobility devices when they fail those definitions. The ban also covers vehicles designed or intended for changes that make them fail the stated requirements or electric bicycle class. Violations are Class D traffic violations and unlawful trade practices under Oregon’s consumer protection law.
Safety checks for electric mobility products
Safety rules cover electric bicycles, motor assisted scooters, electric personal assistive mobility devices, powered micromobility devices, and related batteries and chargers. Batteries and chargers need certification from a qualifying testing laboratory. Covered vehicles, batteries, and chargers must also display clear, permanent identification from an accredited testing laboratory. Selling, leasing, or offering products without the required certification or identification is a Class D traffic violation. The offense does not apply to items sold as used.
Milk haulers get heavier truck pilot
Oregon’s transportation department must run a five-year pilot allowing permitted fluid-milk trucks with loaded weights up to 129,000 pounds. Trucks must use designated routes and follow permit terms; permits can be suspended or revoked for violations. Route choices prioritize Interstate 84 connections to bordering states, farms, milk plants, receiving stations, and transfer stations. The department must report periodically on safety and road and bridge impacts. A full report due September 15, 2032, must assess infrastructure, safety, economic effects, truck dimensions, parking needs, and possible fee and tax changes. The pilot authority ends January 2, 2033.
Age rules for riding without licenses
Class 1 and Class 2 electric bicycle riders can ride without driving privileges at any age during a bicycle safety program. Otherwise, the minimum age is 14 for Class 1 and 16 for Class 2 and Class 3. For license-free operation, motor assisted scooters and electric personal assistive mobility devices have a minimum age of 14. Powered micromobility riders must be at least 16 to ride without driving privileges. This section sets no age requirement for motorized wheelchair use.
New powered devices skip vehicle paperwork
The law creates a powered micromobility class for one-person devices with propulsion, top speeds at most 28 mph, and unloaded weights under 100 pounds. It excludes human-powered devices, electric bicycles, motor assisted scooters, electric personal assistive mobility devices, motorized wheelchairs, motorcycles, mopeds, and all-terrain vehicles. These devices are vehicles, but generally not motor vehicles; riders have bicycle riders’ rights and duties and must use due care. Owners do not need vehicle titles or registration. The devices are also exempt from financial responsibility rules tied to accident reports, registration applications, and operation, but not civil liability.
Powered riders gain access, face local limits
Powered micromobility devices are allowed in bicycle lanes and paths despite the general ban on motor vehicles there. Drivers must yield to these riders in bicycle lanes; failing to yield is a Class B traffic violation. However, local governments and state agencies can ban or limit riding on bicycle lanes, paths, sidewalks, and public trails they control. They can set rules about when, where, and how people ride.
Younger scooter riders, tighter vehicle definition
The minimum riding age for motor assisted scooters falls from 16 to 14. Riding under 14 or faster than 20 mph is a Class D traffic violation; the prior riding-speed threshold was 15 mph. Separately, a scooter’s power source must be unable to propel it faster than 20 mph on level ground, down from 24. The definition still requires no more than four wheels and a foot support or seat. Power limits remain 35 cubic centimeters for combustion engines and 1,000 watts for electric power.
Helmet protections and duties for families
Headgear rules cover bicycles, motor assisted scooters, electric personal assistive mobility devices, powered micromobility devices, skateboards, nonmotorized scooters, and in-line skates. On highways or places open to the public, adults cannot carry or permit children under 16 to ride without approved headgear. Religious beliefs or practices are an exception; for a first conviction, showing the court approved headgear waives the presumptive $25 fine. Oregon’s transportation department must enforce minimum safety standards that follow national standards as far as practical. Selling noncomplying headgear or renting covered vehicles without approved headgear available for users under 16 is a Class D traffic violation.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/5/2026
Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed.
Yes: 28 • No: 0
House vote • 3/3/2026
Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed.
Yes: 57 • No: 0
legislature vote • 2/27/2026
Ways and Means: Heard and Reported Out
Yes: 24 • No: 0
House vote • 2/16/2026
Transportation: Heard and Reported Out with Amendments
Yes: 7 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chapter 101, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026.
4/13/2026HouseGovernor signed.
4/7/2026HousePresident signed.
3/10/2026SenateSpeaker signed.
3/10/2026HouseThird reading. Carried by Pham. Passed.
3/5/2026SenateSecond reading.
3/4/2026SenateRecommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.
3/4/2026SenateReferred to Ways and Means.
3/3/2026SenateFirst reading. Referred to President's desk.
3/3/2026SenateThird reading. Carried by McLain. Passed.
3/3/2026HouseSecond reading.
3/2/2026HouseRecommendation: Do pass.
2/27/2026HouseWork Session held.
2/27/2026HouseReturned to Full Committee.
2/26/2026HouseWork Session held.
2/26/2026HouseAssigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development.
2/23/2026HouseReferred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker.
2/18/2026HouseRecommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means.
2/18/2026HouseWork Session held.
2/16/2026HousePublic Hearing held.
2/4/2026HouseReferred to Transportation.
2/2/2026HouseFirst reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
2/2/2026House
Bill Text
HCT Amendment -13 (Adopted)
2/16/2026
HCT Amendment -14 (Adopted)
2/16/2026
HCT Amendment -17 (Proposed)
2/16/2026
HCT Amendment -2 (Adopted)
2/16/2026
HCT Amendment -20 (Proposed)
2/16/2026
HCT Amendment -21 (Proposed)
2/16/2026
HCT Amendment -23 (Proposed)
2/16/2026
HCT Amendment -25 (Proposed)
2/16/2026
HCT Amendment -26 (Combined)
2/16/2026
HCT Amendment -7 (Proposed)
2/16/2026
HCT Amendment -9 (Proposed)
2/16/2026
HCT Amendment -10 (Proposed)
2/11/2026
HCT Amendment -11 (Proposed)
2/11/2026
HCT Amendment -13 (Proposed)
2/11/2026
HCT Amendment -14 (Proposed)
2/11/2026
HCT Amendment -16 (Proposed)
2/11/2026
HCT Amendment -17 (Proposed)
2/11/2026
HCT Amendment -19 (Proposed)
2/11/2026
HCT Amendment -2 (Proposed)
2/11/2026
HCT Amendment -21 (Proposed)
2/11/2026
HCT Amendment -5 (Proposed)
2/11/2026
HCT Amendment -6 (Proposed)
2/11/2026
HCT Amendment -7 (Proposed)
2/11/2026
HCT Amendment -8 (Proposed)
2/11/2026
HCT Amendment -9 (Proposed)
2/11/2026
HCT Amendment -10 (Proposed)
2/9/2026
HCT Amendment -11 (Proposed)
2/9/2026
HCT Amendment -13 (Proposed)
2/9/2026
HCT Amendment -14 (Proposed)
2/9/2026
HCT Amendment -17 (Proposed)
2/9/2026
HCT Amendment -2 (Proposed)
2/9/2026
HCT Amendment -5 (Proposed)
2/9/2026
HCT Amendment -6 (Proposed)
2/9/2026
HCT Amendment -7 (Proposed)
2/9/2026
HCT Amendment -8 (Proposed)
2/9/2026
HCT Amendment -9 (Proposed)
2/9/2026
HCT Amendment -2 (Proposed)
2/4/2026
A-Engrossed
Enrolled
House Amendments to Introduced
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