--- type: "Bill" title: "Relating to farmworker camps." description: "Establishes [that landowners and persons acting as farmworker camp operators are jointly and severally liable for operating a farmworker camp on the landowner's property unless certain conditions are met.] joint and several liability for landowners under certain circumstances involving the operation of farmworker camps. Creates a rebuttable presumption that a landowner did not know and could not reasonably have known of the operation of an unregistered farmworker camp on the landowner's property if the landowner produces a lease agreement expressly prohibiting such activity. Modifies remedies that may be sought for violations of certain requirements for farmworker camps." jurisdiction: "us/states/or" legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly" session: "2025R1" identifier: "HB 3194" citation: "Oregon HB 3194 (2025R1)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Andrea Valderrama", "James Manning Jr.", "Jeff Golden", "Pam Marsh"] version_count: 5 action_count: 24 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00" last_action: "2025-08-07T21:11:07+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed2b0bef-4474-4d69-97d7-8952bda0bdcb" source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3194" source_hash: "f85632b573b1e94d122bb575af5744b28c14ade7ddee94a6f9274e8b7732b2b3" 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 3194 (2025R1) — Relating to farmworker camps. Establishes [that landowners and persons acting as farmworker camp operators are jointly and severally liable for operating a farmworker camp on the landowner's property unless certain conditions are met.] joint and several liability for landowners under certain circumstances involving the operation of farmworker camps. Creates a rebuttable presumption that a landowner did not know and could not reasonably have known of the operation of an unregistered farmworker camp on the landowner's property if the landowner produces a lease agreement expressly prohibiting such activity. Modifies remedies that may be sought for violations of certain requirements for farmworker camps. ## 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/HB3194/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced) 2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3194/Introduced) 3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3194/A-Engrossed) 4. **HRULES Amendment -6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29566) 5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3194/Enrolled) ## Votes - Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. — **37–16** (pass) · lower - Heard and Reported Out — **4–1** (pass) · upper - Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–3** (pass) · lower - Heard and Reported Out — **6–2** (pass) · lower - Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. — **17–10** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Andrea Valderrama — primary (person) - James Manning Jr. — primary (person) - Jeff Golden — primary (person) - Pam Marsh — primary (person) - Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person) - Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person) - Farrah Chaichi — cosponsor (person) - Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person) - Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person) - Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person) - Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person) - Lesly Muñoz — cosponsor (person) - Thuy Tran — cosponsor (person) - Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person) - Willy Chotzen — 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 Judiciary. `referral-committee` - **2025-02-27T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held. - **2025-03-10T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held. - **2025-04-08T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held. - **2025-04-11T21:48:24+00:00** Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules. - **2025-04-11T21:48:25+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of Speaker. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-07T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held. - **2025-06-11T21:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held. - **2025-06-12T21:32:00+00:00** Work Session held. - **2025-06-17T17:20:51+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-06-18T19:55:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2` - **2025-06-19T17:46:13+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. `passage, reading-3` - **2025-06-19T19:05:13+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2025-06-19T20:47:00+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee` - **2025-06-20T17:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held. - **2025-06-23T20:32:00+00:00** Work Session held. - **2025-06-25T16:41:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-06-25T21:47:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2` - **2025-06-25T23:04:21+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. `passage, reading-3` - **2025-06-27T21:26:47+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage` - **2025-06-27T22:58:40+00:00** President signed. `passage` - **2025-07-18T02:25:24+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature` - **2025-08-07T21:11:07+00:00** Chapter 504, (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/ed2b0bef-4474-4d69-97d7-8952bda0bdcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).