---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibited provisions in criminal action agreements."
description: "Prohibits prosecuting attorney from conditioning plea offer <i>or release on defendant's waiver of specified rights, eligibilities and legal challenges</i>]<b> on requirement that defendant or defense attorney stipulate to unconstitutionality of existing law</b>. Provides that prohibited provision in plea agreement <i>or release agreement</i>] is void and unenforceable."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 4149"
citation: "Oregon HB 4149 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackie Winters", "James Manning Jr.", "Jennifer Williamson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
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/640b144f-89cb-4484-a4c4-6fd5701f1e84"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/HB4149"
source_hash: "49bbdd3474d73f11db158c1cf9b3113ab02bd5d273e3d62b166b00a9c6171b1a"
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 4149 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to prohibited provisions in criminal action agreements.

Prohibits prosecuting attorney from conditioning plea offer <i>or release on defendant's waiver of specified rights, eligibilities and legal challenges</i>]<b> on requirement that defendant or defense attorney stipulate to unconstitutionality of existing law</b>. Provides that prohibited provision in plea agreement <i>or release agreement</i>] is void and unenforceable.

## 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/HB4149/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4149/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4149/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4149/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **27–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jackie Winters — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — primary (person)
- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Rayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Greenlick — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Malstrom — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — 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`
- **2018-02-13T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-15T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-02-19T16:58:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20T17:33:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21T19:14:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-22T17:33:38+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T21:45:40+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.
- **2018-03-01T16:12:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01T19:08:53+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02T01:06:20+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. 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 37, (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/640b144f-89cb-4484-a4c4-6fd5701f1e84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).