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Bill Relating to litigation costs for prevailing claimants. </b> </i>] [<i>Removes the cap on reasonable litigation costs and expenses and attorney fees for a claimant who prevails in a workers' compensation dispute.</i>] <b>Raises and indexes the cap for witness fees, expenses and costs for a claimant who prevails against a denial in a workers' compensation dispute.</b> us/states/or Oregon Legislative Assembly 2025R1 HB 2799 Oregon HB 2799 (2025R1)
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Oregon HB 2799 (2025R1) — Relating to litigation costs for prevailing claimants.

] [Removes the cap on reasonable litigation costs and expenses and attorney fees for a claimant who prevails in a workers' compensation dispute.] Raises and indexes the cap for witness fees, expenses and costs for a claimant who prevails against a denial in a workers' compensation dispute.

Version chain

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

  1. House Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Introduced (filed) — source
  3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  4. HLWS Amendment -2 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — 252 (pass) · upper
  • Heard and Reported Out — 50 (pass) · upper
  • Third reading. Carried by Ruiz. Passed. — 530 (pass) · lower
  • Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 70 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
  • Ricki Ruiz — primary (person)
  • Lesly Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
  • Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
  • Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)
  • Zach Hudson — 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 Labor and Workplace Standards. referral-committee
  • 2025-02-12T23:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
  • 2025-04-07T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
  • 2025-04-10T20:49:45+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-14T18:07:11+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
  • 2025-04-15T21:35:05+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Ruiz. Passed. passage, reading-3
  • 2025-04-16T18:55:02+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-04-21T16:26:28+00:00 Referred to Labor and Business. referral-committee
  • 2025-05-01T15:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
  • 2025-05-06T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
  • 2025-05-12T16:43:55+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-12T19:04:00+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
  • 2025-05-13T19:14:26+00:00 Carried over to 05-14 by unanimous consent.
  • 2025-05-14T19:25:17+00:00 Carried over to 05-15 by unanimous consent.
  • 2025-05-15T19:02:52+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. passage, reading-3
  • 2025-05-20T17:35:37+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
  • 2025-05-20T22:02:32+00:00 President signed. passage
  • 2025-05-27T23:56:40+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
  • 2025-06-11T23:59:21+00:00 Chapter 152, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1b44f5e5-833d-41c9-8350-2d57330e39c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).