---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Limits expenditures of lottery funds from Watershed Conservation Grant Fund for local grant expenditures by Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board for six-year period beginning July 1, 2017."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 5041"
citation: "Oregon HB 5041 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-18T18:41:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01d8de7f-3369-4115-89d7-d7840c8c1ceb"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB5041"
source_hash: "616d5ea6fd0ae90a1788f6c87c09a2267b6a6b9ecd1624ad34654d6e4ad6cbed"
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 HB 5041 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board; and declaring an emergency.

Limits expenditures of lottery funds from Watershed Conservation Grant Fund for local grant expenditures by Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board for six-year period beginning July 1, 2017.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5041/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5041/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5041/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5041/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. — **22–5** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Witt. Passed. — **52–4** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18T01:55:48+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-07T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2017-01-25T00:22:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-14T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-21T19:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-22T22:56:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-23T16:21:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-26T23:09:44+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Witt. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-27T17:02:43+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27T18:55:14+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28T15:46:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-28T16:54:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-29T19:16:24+00:00** Carried over to 06-30 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-06-30T19:06:12+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-05T19:29:01+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-06T16:29:45+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-19T20:40:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18T18:41:41+00:00** Chapter 587, (2017 Laws): Effective date July 19, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01d8de7f-3369-4115-89d7-d7840c8c1ceb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).