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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to damages for civil causes of action that take into account race or ethnicity of plaintiff."
+description: "<i>Prohibits fact finder from determining plaintiff's damages for civil cause of action using calculation for projected future earning potential of plaintiff that takes into account race or ethnicity of plaintiff.</i>]"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2018 Regular Session"
+identifier: "HB 4008"
+citation: "Oregon HB 4008 (2018 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Duane Stark", "Floyd Prozanski", "Karin Power", "Tawna Sanchez"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-01-22T18:07:03+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-03-26T20:28:16+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/806b62c1-762f-4a90-aa73-8dcb95eb1c6d"
+source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/HB4008"
+source_hash: "e3b1538afcc52d9cdad1569cbce326f331bd09bde23a70a5349c024613fc955e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
+---
+
+# Oregon HB 4008 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to damages for civil causes of action that take into account race or ethnicity of plaintiff.
+
+<i>Prohibits fact finder from determining plaintiff's damages for civil cause of action using calculation for projected future earning potential of plaintiff that takes into account race or ethnicity of plaintiff.</i>]
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4008/House Amendments to Introduced)
+2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4008/Introduced)
+3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4008/A-Engrossed)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4008/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third reading. Carried by Stark, Power. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Duane Stark — primary (person)
+- Floyd Prozanski — primary (person)
+- Karin Power — primary (person)
+- Tawna Sanchez — primary (person)
+- A. Richard Vial — cosponsor (person)
+- Alan DeBoer — cosponsor (person)
+- Alan Olsen — cosponsor (person)
+- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
+- Andy Olson — cosponsor (person)
+- Arnie Roblan — cosponsor (person)
+- Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
+- Betsy Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Hansell — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Post — cosponsor (person)
+- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian Boquist — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian Clem — cosponsor (person)
+- Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person)
+- Carl Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Carla Piluso — cosponsor (person)
+- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
+- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
+- Chuck Riley — cosponsor (person)
+- Chuck Thomsen — cosponsor (person)
+- Cliff Bentz — cosponsor (person)
+- Dallas Heard — cosponsor (person)
+- Dan Rayfield — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniel Bonham — cosponsor (person)
+- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Deborah Boone — cosponsor (person)
+- Dennis Linthicum — cosponsor (person)
+- Denyc Boles — cosponsor (person)
+- Diego Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
+- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
+- Fred Girod — cosponsor (person)
+- Gene Whisnant — cosponsor (person)
+- Ginny Burdick — cosponsor (person)
+- Greg Barreto — cosponsor (person)
+- Greg Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Herman Baertschiger Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jackie Winters — cosponsor (person)
+- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
+- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeff Barker — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeff Kruse — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrey Helfrich — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
+- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
+- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
+- Julie Parrish — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
+- Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
+- Knute Buehler — cosponsor (person)
+- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Lee Beyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
+- Lynn Findley — cosponsor (person)
+- Margaret Doherty — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Hass — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike McLane — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person)
+- Mitch Greenlick — cosponsor (person)
+- Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
+- Peter Courtney — cosponsor (person)
+- Phil Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
+- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
+- Rod Monroe — cosponsor (person)
+- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Sal Esquivel — cosponsor (person)
+- Sara Gelser — cosponsor (person)
+- Sheri Malstrom — cosponsor (person)
+- Sherrie Sprenger — cosponsor (person)
+- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
+- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
+- Tim Knopp — cosponsor (person)
+- Tina Kotek — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-22T18:07:03+00:00** Presession Released to the Public.
+- **2018-02-05T15:22:09+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-05T16:53:18+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-12T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
+- **2018-02-13T20:38:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-14T17:40:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-16T00:40:56+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Stark, Power. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-02-16T17:57:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-16T21:17:17+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-23T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2018-02-27T17:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2018-03-01T16:12:08+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-01T19:08:53+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-02T00:05:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-03-04T01:52:24+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-05T22:59:31+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-16T17:26:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-26T20:28:16+00:00** Chapter 11, (2018 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2019.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/806b62c1-762f-4a90-aa73-8dcb95eb1c6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
+