republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2019-regular-session/hb-2932.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the immigration status of criminal defendants; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Prohibits court from inquiring into defendant's immigration status or requiring defendant to disclose defendant's immigration status at time of plea or at any other time during criminal proceeding. Requires court to allow defendant, upon request, additional time for plea decision after informing defendant about possible adverse immigration consequences of plea."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2932"
citation: "Oregon HB 2932 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diego Hernandez", "James Manning Jr.", "Jennifer Williamson", "Karin Power", "Michael Dembrow"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-11T17:06:18+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T21:19:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f274213d-0060-449e-ac12-565424c54fdf"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2932"
source_hash: "558ada64c5dbe57a422724fa3797f2f56a91d63ee3e63605eb957c87a6314d8c"
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 2932 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to the immigration status of criminal defendants; and declaring an emergency.

Prohibits court from inquiring into defendant's immigration status or requiring defendant to disclose defendant's immigration status at time of plea or at any other time during criminal proceeding. Requires court to allow defendant, upon request, additional time for plea decision after informing defendant about possible adverse immigration consequences of plea.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2932/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2932/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. — **38–20** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–4** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **17–11** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Diego Hernandez — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — primary (person)
- Karin Power — primary (person)
- Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
- Arnie Roblan — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Carla Piluso — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Greenlick — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser — cosponsor (person)
- Shemia Fagan — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11T17:06:18+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14T17:42:55+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-04T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-10T23:44:38+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11T18:31:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15T18:36:08+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 16, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-04-16T18:41:04+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16T18:42:04+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Smith DB.
- **2019-04-17T16:45:37+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17T22:41:27+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-13T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-03T15:46:40+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-03T19:25:18+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-04T19:15:04+00:00** Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-05T18:46:18+00:00** Carried over to 06-06 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-06T20:24:14+00:00** Taken from 06-06 Calendar and placed on 06-11 Calendar by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-11T19:25:20+00:00** Carried over to 06-12 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-12T18:45:41+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-13T21:45:39+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-14T17:21:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-20T22:17:13+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-02T21:19:47+00:00** Chapter 437, (2019 Laws): Effective date June 20, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f274213d-0060-449e-ac12-565424c54fdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).