---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to small claims."
description: "</b> </i>] <b>Increases the time for a defendant to respond to a claim in small claims court.</b> Clarifies that the total amount or value of a claim required to request a jury trial in small claims court includes identified prejudgment or preaward interest, fees and costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2463"
citation: "Oregon HB 2463 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-11T23:59:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4671229-b8f3-461a-a6f9-1d100b304887"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2463"
source_hash: "2a8b494e646fb3c9d9566e63265d8e71b36ac6e9a07b8f22e426b9eaa12f16d5"
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 2463 (2025R1) — Relating to small claims.

</b> </i>] <b>Increases the time for a defendant to respond to a claim in small claims court.</b> Clarifies that the total amount or value of a claim required to request a jury trial in small claims court includes identified prejudgment or preaward interest, fees and costs.

## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2463/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2463/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2463/A-Engrossed)
4. **SJUD Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28764)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2463/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Andersen. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by McLane. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **52–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T20:47:46+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-02-11T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-02-13T22:21:44+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18T19:24:59+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20T19:51:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Andersen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-25T18:32:29+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T19:46:34+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-28T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-02T21:37:36+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05T18:32:27+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-06T19:06:46+00:00** Third reading. Carried by McLane. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-19T18:26:38+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2025-05-20T18:26:45+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-20T22:02:32+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-28T20:48:30+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11T23:59:21+00:00** Chapter 197, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4671229-b8f3-461a-a6f9-1d100b304887`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).