---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to workers' compensation coverage for certain trainees."
description: "Clarifies scope of workers' compensation coverage for trainees who participate in certain work experience programs or school directed professional education projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2406"
citation: "Oregon HB 2406 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-01T23:44:34+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27b64799-28d0-49a7-9c6e-42bd85d7d3af"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2406"
source_hash: "d9bfef981f731e31d7a60b6c78ef9c4709412d3dff19cf4dbd71e319d1739931"
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 2406 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to workers' compensation coverage for certain trainees.

Clarifies scope of workers' compensation coverage for trainees who participate in certain work experience programs or school directed professional education projects.

## 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/HB2406/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2406/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2406/A-Engrossed)
4. **HBL Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/13755)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2406/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. — **60–0** (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 Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18T16:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-02-21T20:01:27+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-25T19:13:51+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26T19:33:22+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-28T16:56:49+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06T18:40:35+00:00** Referred to Workforce. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14T15:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-03-18T15:43:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18T18:47:20+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19T18:44:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-20T17:15:23+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-03-20T21:30:22+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-03-27T20:16:16+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-01T23:44:34+00:00** Chapter 9, (2019 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27b64799-28d0-49a7-9c6e-42bd85d7d3af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).