republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2018-regular-session/hb-4008.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to damages for civil causes of action that take into account race or ethnicity of plaintiff."
description: "<i>Prohibits fact finder from determining plaintiff's damages for civil cause of action using calculation for projected future earning potential of plaintiff that takes into account race or ethnicity of plaintiff.</i>]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 4008"
citation: "Oregon HB 4008 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duane Stark", "Floyd Prozanski", "Karin Power", "Tawna Sanchez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-22T18:07:03+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-26T20:28:16+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/806b62c1-762f-4a90-aa73-8dcb95eb1c6d"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/HB4008"
source_hash: "e3b1538afcc52d9cdad1569cbce326f331bd09bde23a70a5349c024613fc955e"
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 4008 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to damages for civil causes of action that take into account race or ethnicity of plaintiff.

<i>Prohibits fact finder from determining plaintiff's damages for civil cause of action using calculation for projected future earning potential of plaintiff that takes into account race or ethnicity of plaintiff.</i>]

## 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.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4008/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4008/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4008/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4008/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Stark, Power. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Duane Stark — primary (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — primary (person)
- Karin Power — primary (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — primary (person)
- A. Richard Vial — cosponsor (person)
- Alan DeBoer — cosponsor (person)
- Alan Olsen — cosponsor (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
- Andy Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Arnie Roblan — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Hansell — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Post — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Boquist — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Clem — cosponsor (person)
- Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person)
- Carl Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Carla Piluso — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Thomsen — cosponsor (person)
- Cliff Bentz — cosponsor (person)
- Dallas Heard — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Rayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Bonham — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Boone — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Linthicum — cosponsor (person)
- Denyc Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Girod — cosponsor (person)
- Gene Whisnant — cosponsor (person)
- Ginny Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Barreto — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Herman Baertschiger Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie Winters — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Kruse — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Helfrich — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Parrish — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
- Knute Buehler — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Lee Beyer — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn Findley — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Doherty — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Hass — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Mike McLane — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Greenlick — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Courtney — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Rod Monroe — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Sal Esquivel — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Malstrom — cosponsor (person)
- Sherrie Sprenger — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Knopp — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Kotek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22T18:07:03+00:00** Presession Released to the Public.
- **2018-02-05T15:22:09+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05T16:53:18+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2018-02-13T20:38:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14T17:40:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-16T00:40:56+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Stark, Power. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-16T17:57:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-16T21:17:17+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-27T17:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-03-01T16:12:08+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01T19:08:53+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02T00:05:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-04T01:52:24+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-05T22:59:31+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-16T17:26:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-26T20:28:16+00:00** Chapter 11, (2018 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/806b62c1-762f-4a90-aa73-8dcb95eb1c6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).