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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to payment of attorney fees in contested cases involving the Oregon Government Ethics Commission; and prescribing an effective date."
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description: "Permits court to withhold all or part of attorney fees to person who prevails against Oregon Government Ethics Commission in contested case proceeding if court finds that commission's action was substantially justified or that special circumstances exist."
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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 2096"
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citation: "Oregon HB 2096 (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: []
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
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last_action: "2019-05-17T21:27:46+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dcf21f0-9f0b-478e-8eb8-b836604117d6"
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source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2096"
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source_hash: "1e29f38e668123358700e0ea5e3ebf144b0d9d94f0586fbd198b04623e64fc56"
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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 2096 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to payment of attorney fees in contested cases involving the Oregon Government Ethics Commission; and prescribing an effective date.
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Permits court to withhold all or part of attorney fees to person who prevails against Oregon Government Ethics Commission in contested case proceeding if court finds that commission's action was substantially justified or that special circumstances exist.
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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/HB2096/House Amendments to Introduced)
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2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2096/Introduced)
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3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2096/A-Engrossed)
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4. **HJUD Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15315)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2096/Enrolled)
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## Votes
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- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · lower
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- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-19T00:04:07+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-04T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2019-04-04T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2019-04-15T21:05:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-16T18:20:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-17T21:47:56+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-04-18T16:14:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-19T21:06:39+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-30T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
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- **2019-05-02T16:37:26+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-02T18:43:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-06T18:27:23+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-05-07T19:31:39+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2019-05-07T22:38:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
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- **2019-05-14T22:45:39+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-17T21:27:46+00:00** Chapter 116, (2019 Laws): Effective date September 29, 2019.
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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/6dcf21f0-9f0b-478e-8eb8-b836604117d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
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