---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to responsibilities associated with workers' compensation coverage."
description: "Provides that insurer and self-insured employer may keep records of workers' compensation claims at location outside this state if insurer or self-insured employer makes records available to Department of Consumer and Business Services at location inside this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2039"
citation: "Oregon HB 2039 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5e7c921-c00c-4ac9-8152-e296cfcc654e"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2039"
source_hash: "16b6cbf7e3f7063c694b0afd1c9d5e9a7f423d929df80d643a41c5e677ecfe09"
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 2039 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to responsibilities associated with workers' compensation coverage.

Provides that insurer and self-insured employer may keep records of workers' compensation claims at location outside this state if insurer or self-insured employer makes records available to Department of Consumer and Business Services at location inside this state.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2039/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2039/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. — **54–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20T04:40:25+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10T23:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-13T00:48:06+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15T18:11:34+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17T02:56:47+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T15:50:49+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24T16:00:51+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-22T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-29T15:12:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29T18:55:48+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-03T19:15:30+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-05T18:51:40+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-05T20:25:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-12T19:07:34+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-27T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 21, (2021 Laws): Effective date January 01, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5e7c921-c00c-4ac9-8152-e296cfcc654e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).