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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to communications with legal clients."
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description: "Provides that client has right to privately communicate with lawyer and representative of lawyer. Provides that evidence derived from<b> privileged</b> confidential communication is inadmissible in certain proceedings if confidential communication was obtained or disclosed without consent of client."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
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legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
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session: "2019 Regular Session"
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identifier: "HB 3249"
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citation: "Oregon HB 3249 (2019 Regular Session)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Williamson", "Mike McLane"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2019-03-04T17:45:33+00:00"
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last_action: "2019-06-10T15:43:41+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbca93d6-9b88-4baf-9892-cdeed7dd7125"
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source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB3249"
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source_hash: "c334138711ecaf2344da85645003b282400156e46b847178792b30c2e7ef2579"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
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---
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# Oregon HB 3249 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to communications with legal clients.
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Provides that client has right to privately communicate with lawyer and representative of lawyer. Provides that evidence derived from<b> privileged</b> confidential communication is inadmissible in certain proceedings if confidential communication was obtained or disclosed without consent of client.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3249/House Amendments to Introduced)
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2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3249/Introduced)
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3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3249/A-Engrossed)
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4. **HJUD Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15716)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3249/Enrolled)
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## Votes
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- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third reading. Carried by Fagan. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third reading. Carried by McLane. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jennifer Williamson — primary (person)
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- Mike McLane — primary (person)
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- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
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- Carla Piluso — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
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- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
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- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
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- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
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- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Mitch Greenlick — cosponsor (person)
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- Shemia Fagan — cosponsor (person)
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- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-04T17:45:33+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-11T20:46:59+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-27T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2019-04-09T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2019-04-19T21:13:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-22T17:51:16+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-23T21:20:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 24, 2019 Calendar.
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- **2019-04-24T18:21:47+00:00** Third reading. Carried by McLane. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-04-25T16:36:44+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-26T20:13:22+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-08T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2019-05-09T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2019-05-14T15:39:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-14T17:12:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-15T18:48:51+00:00** Carried over to 05-16 by unanimous consent.
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- **2019-05-16T18:44:39+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Fagan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-05-17T17:43:58+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2019-05-20T16:18:01+00:00** President signed. `passage`
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- **2019-05-24T19:06:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-10T15:43:41+00:00** Chapter 169, (2019 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2020.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbca93d6-9b88-4baf-9892-cdeed7dd7125`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
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