---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to noncompetition agreements with home care workers."
description: "Makes noncompetition agreement <b>or certain covenant</b> with home care worker voidable by home care worker."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 949"
citation: "Oregon SB 949 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-02T16:31:36+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T20:08:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e91f8ab-87d6-4de2-ba64-fa66be4649c0"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB949"
source_hash: "2472292434626763ee55ab35e7323aa33bb3599a8a0d3c91c5785dc55f9f7ca0"
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 SB 949 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to noncompetition agreements with home care workers.

Makes noncompetition agreement <b>or certain covenant</b> with home care worker voidable by home care worker.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB949/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB949/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB949/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB949/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **29–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. — **48–8** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–1** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-02T16:31:36+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-03T23:50:22+00:00** Referred to Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-03T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-05T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-07T21:57:28+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10T19:27:47+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-11T18:41:46+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-12T16:05:22+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-20T00:03:18+00:00** Referred to Human Services and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-04T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-10T22:54:23+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-11T15:55:40+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-15T19:01:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 16, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-16T18:59:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 17, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-17T19:03:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 18, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-18T19:01:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 22, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-22T19:50:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 23, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-23T18:38:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 24, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-24T21:56:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 25, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-25T22:00:25+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 26, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-26T15:36:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 30, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-30T18:44:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 31, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-31T18:56:58+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 1, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-01T18:10:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-07T15:13:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-09T19:03:51+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-14T22:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-22T20:00:31+00:00** Chapter 360, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-06-22T20:08:39+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e91f8ab-87d6-4de2-ba64-fa66be4649c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).