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Committee adopts amendment to HB 4022 and forwards bill to the floor

Oregon House Committee on Early Childhood and Human Services · February 5, 2026
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Summary

On Feb. 5 the House Committee adopted the dash‑1 amendment to House Bill 40 22 (Oregon Imagination Library) and moved the bill to the House floor with a do‑pass recommendation; Leader Bowman was identified as likely carrier.

The House Committee on Early Childhood and Human Services on Feb. 5 adopted the dash‑1 amendment to House Bill 40 22, which establishes the Oregon Imagination Library program and directs the Department of Early Learning and Care to implement it. Vice Chair Anna Scharf moved the amendment and the chair declared the amendment adopted.

Vice Chair Scharf then moved HB 40 22, as amended, to the House floor with a do‑pass recommendation. The motion carried by voice vote; the chair indicated Leader Bowman would likely carry the bill to the floor. Committee members briefly expressed support for the program and noted fiscal materials and the amendment are posted to OLIS.

The committee did not record a roll‑call vote in the transcript; the chair indicated no subsequent referral to Ways and Means was required given the amendment’s fiscal posture.