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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prevailing party fees."
description: "Exempts petitioner in stalking protective order proceeding from requirement to pay prevailing party fee unless court finds petitioner initiated proceeding with malicious intent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 708"
citation: "Oregon SB 708 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sara Gelser"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-29T17:04:16+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-17T16:10:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d79bd3d-2ce3-4d16-b138-5864641244d6"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB708"
source_hash: "2d4b0fe14a63c5f855e22c1d59bf8b45b057a26ca45d07917265cf1bb3f35738"
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 SB 708 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to prevailing party fees.
Exempts petitioner in stalking protective order proceeding from requirement to pay prevailing party fee unless court finds petitioner initiated proceeding with malicious intent.
## 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/SB708/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB708/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. — **542** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **61** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **253** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **100** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Sara Gelser — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-29T17:04:16+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31T00:28:56+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27T15:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-04-30T15:36:26+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30T17:27:27+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02T18:46:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-06T17:09:45+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08T19:44:48+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-22T00:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-28T21:15:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29T17:00:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-31T02:53:09+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 3, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-06-03T18:19:32+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-04T23:19:29+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-05T15:29:35+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-11T16:24:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-17T16:02:57+00:00** Chapter 342, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-17T16:10:10+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2020.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d79bd3d-2ce3-4d16-b138-5864641244d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).