---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to courts."
description: "Provides that affidavit submitted to court in support of petition for approval of settlement of personal injury claim of incapacitated person, minor or decedent is confidential."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 4094"
citation: "Oregon HB 4094 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-22T18:07:03+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-11T21:44:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc273f73-6785-44fe-9fe4-ed0e2f27daf7"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/HB4094"
source_hash: "3dd2b6896f36d60954f3f5bfb82ad674699d89722f70240d84c8a8b91cfc0ed0"
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 4094 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to courts.

Provides that affidavit submitted to court in support of petition for approval of settlement of personal injury claim of incapacitated person, minor or decedent is confidential.

## 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/HB4094/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4094/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4094/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4094/B-Engrossed)
5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4094/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4094/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **18–10** (pass) · legislature
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **49–9** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Vial. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–3** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · legislature

## 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`
- **2018-02-13T21:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2018-02-15T17:32:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16T17:53:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-19T22:54:37+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Vial. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-20T17:22:30+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20T21:12:58+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.
- **2018-03-01T20:58:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) Amendments distributed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01T20:59:00+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02T00:38:12+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-03T23:16:10+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2018-03-07T00:24:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08T18:22:19+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-04-03T20:09:37+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-11T21:44:33+00:00** Chapter 59, (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/fc273f73-6785-44fe-9fe4-ed0e2f27daf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).