---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to vehicle dealers."
description: "<i>Authorizes court to award prevailing retail customers, who bring actions against vehicle dealers relating to vehicle registration or vehicle titling, attorney fees under certain circumstances.</i>]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 113"
citation: "Oregon SB 113 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-23T17:39:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/884fd07f-3c81-4abd-8cc2-755c012f63b4"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB113"
source_hash: "cff7d54ee89cc315e0690885b2c371d0d4cddb76acfe632219dbb7b80a3cc8b7"
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 SB 113 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to vehicle dealers.

<i>Authorizes court to award prevailing retail customers, who bring actions against vehicle dealers relating to vehicle registration or vehicle titling, attorney fees under certain circumstances.</i>]

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB113/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB113/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB113/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB113/B-Engrossed)
5. **SJUD Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15091)
6. **SRULES Amendment -A3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16469)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB113/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB113/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. — **19–9** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–3** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15T23:44:19+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-03T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-26T16:17:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do Pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
- **2019-04-26T16:17:35+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-31T20:31:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-03T19:25:18+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-04T19:15:04+00:00** Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-05T18:46:18+00:00** Carried over to 06-06 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-06T18:29:10+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-06T20:40:33+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11T21:30:33+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13T22:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-06-17T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-18T18:59:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-19T17:56:13+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-20T22:39:39+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-24T22:53:53+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-25T15:12:43+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-15T16:31:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-23T17:36:36+00:00** Chapter 543, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-07-23T17:39:36+00:00** 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/884fd07f-3c81-4abd-8cc2-755c012f63b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).