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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the administration of moneys received from the Monsanto settlement; declaring an emergency."
+description: "Digest: This Act creates a council and funds to distribute and invest money from a legal settlement. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6)."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2024R1"
+identifier: "SB 1561"
+citation: "Oregon SB 1561 (2024R1)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Court Boice", "Ken Helm", "Michael Dembrow", "Pam Marsh", "Sen Steiner"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00"
+last_action: "2024-04-11T16:02:52+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6430510-f95f-4e94-9450-96e50e57c2df"
+source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/SB1561"
+source_hash: "ddba0cfd80cbe6166e2c0e1ac5819a7e7a761d804bde0c919c2663ac0eddb385"
+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 1561 (2024R1) — Relating to the administration of moneys received from the Monsanto settlement; declaring an emergency.
+
+Digest: This Act creates a council and funds to distribute and invest money from a legal settlement. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6).
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1561/Introduced)
+2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1561/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
+3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1561/A-Engrossed)
+4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1561/B-Engrossed)
+5. **JWM Amendment -A3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26168)
+6. **SNR Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25788)
+7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1561/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
+8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1561/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Third reading. Carried by Steiner. Passed. — **26–4** (pass) · upper
+- Third reading. Carried by Levy E. Passed. — **54–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Court Boice — primary (person)
+- Ken Helm — primary (person)
+- Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
+- Pam Marsh — primary (person)
+- Sen Steiner — primary (person)
+- Aaron Woods — cosponsor (person)
+- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Hansell — cosponsor (person)
+- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
+- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniel Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
+- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
+- Hai Pham — cosponsor (person)
+- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
+- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
+- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
+- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
+- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
+- Lynn Findley — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
+- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
+- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Thuy Tran — cosponsor (person)
+- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-05T17:31:30+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-08T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2024-02-13T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2024-02-15T21:00:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-15T21:00:10+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-18T22:28:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-21T21:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
+- **2024-02-21T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2024-02-29T01:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2024-02-29T21:04:38+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-01T22:57:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-04T19:30:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Steiner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-03-04T22:05:25+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-05T00:05:17+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-05T22:07:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-05T23:11:46+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-06T23:35:10+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Levy E. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-03-12T18:41:21+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-13T22:07:25+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2024-04-04T22:38:42+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-11T16:00:34+00:00** Chapter 97, 2024 Laws.
+- **2024-04-11T16:02:52+00:00** Effective date, April 4, 2024.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6430510-f95f-4e94-9450-96e50e57c2df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
+