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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to litigation costs for prevailing claimants."
+description: "</b> </i>] [<i>Removes the cap on reasonable litigation costs and expenses and attorney fees for a claimant who prevails in a workers' compensation dispute.</i>] <b>Raises and indexes the cap for witness fees, expenses and costs for a claimant who prevails against a denial in a workers' compensation dispute.</b>"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2025R1"
+identifier: "HB 2799"
+citation: "Oregon HB 2799 (2025R1)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chris Gorsek", "Ricki Ruiz"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-06-11T23:59:21+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b44f5e5-833d-41c9-8350-2d57330e39c8"
+source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2799"
+source_hash: "e8c30ff288248c67c3b29fdfb595498719f7b2b5c694f658bd610c5adbe4fa52"
+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 2799 (2025R1) — Relating to litigation costs for prevailing claimants.
+
+</b> </i>] [<i>Removes the cap on reasonable litigation costs and expenses and attorney fees for a claimant who prevails in a workers' compensation dispute.</i>] <b>Raises and indexes the cap for witness fees, expenses and costs for a claimant who prevails against a denial in a workers' compensation dispute.</b>
+
+## 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.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2799/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
+2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2799/Introduced)
+3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2799/A-Engrossed)
+4. **HLWS Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/27813)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2799/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **25–2** (pass) · upper
+- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third reading. Carried by Ruiz. Passed. — **53–0** (pass) · lower
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
+- Ricki Ruiz — primary (person)
+- Lesly Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
+- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
+- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)
+- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-17T20:47:46+00:00** Referred to Labor and Workplace Standards. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-12T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2025-04-07T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2025-04-10T20:49:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-14T18:07:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-15T21:35:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Ruiz. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-16T18:55:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-21T16:26:28+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-01T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2025-05-06T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2025-05-12T16:43:55+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-12T19:04:00+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-13T19:14:26+00:00** Carried over to 05-14 by unanimous consent.
+- **2025-05-14T19:25:17+00:00** Carried over to 05-15 by unanimous consent.
+- **2025-05-15T19:02:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-20T17:35:37+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-05-20T22:02:32+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-05-27T23:56:40+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-11T23:59:21+00:00** Chapter 152, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b44f5e5-833d-41c9-8350-2d57330e39c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
+