---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to litigation costs for prevailing claimants."
description: "</b> </i>] [<i>Removes the cap on reasonable litigation costs and expenses and attorney fees for a claimant who prevails in a workers' compensation dispute.</i>] <b>Raises and indexes the cap for witness fees, expenses and costs for a claimant who prevails against a denial in a workers' compensation dispute.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2799"
citation: "Oregon HB 2799 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Gorsek", "Ricki Ruiz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-11T23:59:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b44f5e5-833d-41c9-8350-2d57330e39c8"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2799"
source_hash: "e8c30ff288248c67c3b29fdfb595498719f7b2b5c694f658bd610c5adbe4fa52"
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 2799 (2025R1) — Relating to litigation costs for prevailing claimants.

</b> </i>] [<i>Removes the cap on reasonable litigation costs and expenses and attorney fees for a claimant who prevails in a workers' compensation dispute.</i>] <b>Raises and indexes the cap for witness fees, expenses and costs for a claimant who prevails against a denial in a workers' compensation dispute.</b>

## 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.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2799/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2799/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2799/A-Engrossed)
4. **HLWS Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/27813)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2799/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **25–2** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Ruiz. Passed. — **53–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — primary (person)
- Lesly Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

## 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 Labor and Workplace Standards. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-07T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-10T20:49:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T18:07:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T21:35:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Ruiz. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T18:55:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21T16:26:28+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-06T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-12T16:43:55+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12T19:04:00+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13T19:14:26+00:00** Carried over to 05-14 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-14T19:25:17+00:00** Carried over to 05-15 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-15T19:02:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-20T17:35:37+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-20T22:02:32+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-27T23:56:40+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11T23:59:21+00:00** Chapter 152, (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/1b44f5e5-833d-41c9-8350-2d57330e39c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).