---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to considering whether persons seeking public contracts owe a debt to the state; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Permits contracting agency to consider at any time before executing public contract with bidder or proposer whether bidder or proposer owes liquidated <i>or</i>] <b>and</b> delinquent debt to state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2094"
citation: "Oregon HB 2094 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-24T19:17:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c0223bf-7daa-478e-a6b3-ce1b657c9d8e"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2094"
source_hash: "915362aa963b9062f4efc71abd2c0ff41c3f49b73a6131affc0a75eb66dfc40c"
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 2094 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to considering whether persons seeking public contracts owe a debt to the state; and prescribing an effective date.

Permits contracting agency to consider at any time before executing public contract with bidder or proposer whether bidder or proposer owes liquidated <i>or</i>] <b>and</b> delinquent debt to state.

## 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/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2094/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2094/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2094/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2094/B-Engrossed)
5. **HRULES Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/13870)
6. **SBGG Amendment -A2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15890)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2094/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2094/Enrolled)

## Votes

- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Wilson. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18T19:43:45+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-27T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-04T20:02:02+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05T19:20:15+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-06T19:24:55+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wilson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-07T17:26:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08T23:31:06+00:00** Referred to Business and General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-25T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-01T16:33:38+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02T18:43:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-06T18:27:08+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-08T19:04:02+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2019-05-09T21:39:36+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-13T21:32:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-20T22:41:35+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24T19:17:32+00:00** Chapter 124, (2019 Laws): Effective date September 29, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c0223bf-7daa-478e-a6b3-ce1b657c9d8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).