Sine die came for Oregon's 2026 legislative session last Friday, March 6th. I previewed the roster of cannabis bills in play back on February 12th. Two of them passed; two of them failed. Below is a recap of the action, with links to each bill in the headers.
This was the session's omnibus cannabis bill, which I explained had a rough start due to various disagreements between the marijuana and hemp lobbies. On February 16th, HB 4139 was shuttled to the Ways and Means Committee and never heard from again—a fate that befalls many bills in that committee, especially in short sessions.
The upshot is that we won't see a variety of new police powers arrogated to state agencies, and we won't get key definitions on hemp terms. Nor will we see a tax on the sale of intoxicating hemp items in Oregon. For a fuller description of what was at stake here, check out my prior post, or the engrossed version of HB 4139 that died in Ways and Means.
