HB 2799 — Raises and indexes the cap for witness fees, expenses and costs for a claimant who prevails against a denial in a workers' compensation dispute.
Last action — Chapter Number Assigned
-
✓Introduced
-
✓In Committee
-
✓Passed House
-
✓Passed Senate
-
✓To Executive
-
6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced June 11, 2025. Enacted.
Odds of enactment
High chanceBased on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.
Upgrade to see the exact probability and what's driving it.
A statistical estimate from our own model of past outcomes — an insight, not a guarantee. Policymaking is volatile.
Prognosis
-
Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
-
7 sponsors
2 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.
-
Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (7 D).
-
Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 4 recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Summary
<b>Digest: The Act would raise and index the cap for witness fees, expenses and costs for a claimant who wins in a case brought against a denial of a workers' comp claim. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.2).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act would remove the cap on awards for the costs and attorney fees incurred by a worker in a dispute over a workers' comp claim. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.5).</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>
Bill Text
We don't have the full text on file for this bill yet.
Read HB 2799 on the official Oregon source →Action History
-
Chapter Number Assigned
Sponsors
- Ricki Ruiz · Primary
- Chris Gorsek · Primary
- Zach Hudson · Cosponsor
- Lesly Muñoz · Cosponsor
- Wlnsvey Campos · Cosponsor
- Lew Frederick · Cosponsor
- Mark Meek · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →2 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 83 not signed on · 2 voted No
Sponsors (2)
- Ricki Ruiz Democrat
- Chris Gorsek Democrat
Co-sponsors (5)
- Zach Hudson Democrat
- Lesly Muñoz Democrat
- Wlnsvey Campos Democrat
- Lew Frederick Democrat
- Mark Meek Democrat
Not signed on (83)
83 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 83 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 83% | 7% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (30)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Sen Smith DB | — | Yea |
| Sen Pham | — | Yea |
| Anthony Broadman | Democrat | Yea |
| Chris Gorsek | Democrat | Yea |
| Courtney Neron Misslin | Democrat | Yea |
| Deb Patterson | Democrat | Yea |
| Floyd Prozanski | Democrat | Not Voting |
| James Manning Jr. | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Janeen Sollman | Democrat | Yea |
| Jeff Golden | Democrat | Yea |
| Kate Lieber | Democrat | Yea |
| Kathleen Taylor | Democrat | Yea |
| Kayse Jama | Democrat | Yea |
| Lew Frederick | Democrat | Yea |
| Lisa Reynolds | Democrat | Yea |
| Mark Meek | Democrat | Yea |
| Rob Wagner | Democrat | Yea |
| Sara Gelser Blouin | Democrat | Yea |
| Wlnsvey Campos | Democrat | Yea |
| Bruce Starr | Republican | Yea |
| Cedric Hayden | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel Bonham | Republican | Yea |
| Diane Linthicum | Republican | Nay |
| Dick Anderson | Republican | Yea |
| Fred Girod | Republican | Nay |
| Kim Thatcher | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mike McLane | Republican | Yea |
| Noah Robinson | Republican | Yea |
| Suzanne Weber | Republican | Yea |
| Todd Nash | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (5)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Sen Pham | — | Yea |
| Deb Patterson | Democrat | Yea |
| Kathleen Taylor | Democrat | Yea |
| Cedric Hayden | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel Bonham | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Republican | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 53 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 88% | 0% | 0% | 12% |
How each member voted (60)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Rep Levy E | — | Yea |
| Rep Nguyen H | — | Not Voting |
| Rep Smith G | — | Yea |
| Rep Neron | — | Yea |
| Rep Levy B | — | Yea |
| Rep Nguyen D | — | Yea |
| Rep Pham H | — | Yea |
| Rep Munoz | — | Yea |
| Andrea Valderrama | Democrat | Yea |
| Annessa Hartman | Democrat | Yea |
| April Dobson | Democrat | Yea |
| Ben Bowman | Democrat | Yea |
| Dacia Grayber | Democrat | Yea |
| David Gomberg | Democrat | Yea |
| Farrah Chaichi | Democrat | Yea |
| Jason Kropf | Democrat | Yea |
| John Lively | Democrat | Yea |
| Jules Walters | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Julie Fahey | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Helm | Democrat | Yea |
| Lisa Fragala | Democrat | Yea |
| Mari Watanabe | Democrat | Yea |
| Mark Gamba | Democrat | Yea |
| Nancy Nathanson | Democrat | Yea |
| Nathan Sosa | Democrat | Yea |
| Pam Marsh | Democrat | Yea |
| Paul Evans | Democrat | Yea |
| Ricki Ruiz | Democrat | Yea |
| Rob Nosse | Democrat | Yea |
| Sarah McDonald | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Shannon Isadore | Democrat | Yea |
| Susan McLain | Democrat | Yea |
| Tawna Sanchez | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Thuy Tran | Democrat | Yea |
| Tom Andersen | Democrat | Yea |
| Travis Nelson | Democrat | Yea |
| Willy Chotzen | Democrat | Yea |
| Zach Hudson | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Alek Skarlatos | Republican | Yea |
| Anna Scharf | Republican | Yea |
| Boomer Wright | Republican | Yea |
| Christine Drazan | Republican | Yea |
| Court Boice | Republican | Yea |
| Cyrus Javadi | Republican | Yea |
| Darcey Edwards | Republican | Yea |
| Darin Harbick | Republican | Yea |
| Dwayne Yunker | Republican | Yea |
| E. Werner Reschke | Republican | Yea |
| Ed Diehl | Republican | Yea |
| Emily McIntire | Republican | Yea |
| Jami Cate | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jeffrey Helfrich | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Mannix | Republican | Yea |
| Kim Wallan | Republican | Yea |
| Lucetta Elmer | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Owens | Republican | Not Voting |
| Rick Lewis | Republican | Yea |
| Shelly Boshart Davis | Republican | Yea |
| Vikki Breese-Iverson | Republican | Yea |
| Virgle Osborne | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Rep Munoz | — | Yea |
| Dacia Grayber | Democrat | Yea |
| Lisa Fragala | Democrat | Yea |
| Travis Nelson | Democrat | Yea |
| Anna Scharf | Republican | Yea |
| Lucetta Elmer | Republican | Yea |
| Shelly Boshart Davis | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB 2799 do?
- <b>Digest: The Act would raise and index the cap for witness fees, expenses and costs for a claimant who wins in a case brought against a denial of a workers' comp claim. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.2).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act would remove the cap on awards for the costs and attorney fees incurred by a worker in a dispute over a workers' comp claim. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.5).</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>
- Who sponsors HB 2799?
- HB 2799 is sponsored by Ricki Ruiz (Democrat), Chris Gorsek (Democrat), Zach Hudson (Democrat), Lesly Muñoz (Democrat), Wlnsvey Campos (Democrat), Lew Frederick (Democrat), and Mark Meek (Democrat).
- What is the current status of HB 2799?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced June 11, 2025. Enacted.
- Where can I track HB 2799?
- Track HB 2799 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.
Make your voice heard on HB 2799
Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.
Stay ahead of HB 2799
Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously
One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.
Track this bill →