---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to noncompetition agreements."
description: "Establishes as condition of enforceability of noncompetition agreement that employer provide signed, written copy of terms of agreement to employee within <i>seven</i>] <b>30</b> days after termination of employee's employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2992"
citation: "Oregon HB 2992 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ron Noble"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-19T17:08:30+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-17T21:23:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad65826b-be8f-4244-bff4-efe54f4da1eb"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2992"
source_hash: "bb069900999c5944ac91caba0e8010611bccbc212af3ea6bd1f3ce175c5b95df"
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 2992 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to noncompetition agreements.

Establishes as condition of enforceability of noncompetition agreement that employer provide signed, written copy of terms of agreement to employee within <i>seven</i>] <b>30</b> days after termination of employee's employment.

## 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/HB2992/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2992/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2992/A-Engrossed)
4. **HBL Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14965)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2992/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Noble. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ron Noble — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19T17:08:30+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25T23:29:43+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-03T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-09T22:05:49+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10T18:40:48+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11T21:08:38+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 15, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-04-15T18:27:51+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Noble. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16T16:34:10+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17T22:41:27+00:00** Referred to Workforce. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-25T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-02T15:36:41+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02T18:43:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-06T18:35:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-07T19:31:39+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-07T22:38:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-14T22:45:39+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-17T21:23:03+00:00** Chapter 121, (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/ad65826b-be8f-4244-bff4-efe54f4da1eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).