---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Education; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for certain biennial expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5516"
citation: "Oregon SB 5516 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-24T23:01:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfe11644-a569-47a0-8233-7346fff2e6b7"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB5516"
source_hash: "1a84e429b0bc586b5fedbbfb76b83777e9ea326627f9c3f39ef8a84fe4e1cb0c"
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 5516 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Education; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for certain biennial expenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5516/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5516/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5516/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5516/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. — **46–12** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **38–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Monroe. Passed. — **24–6** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17T16:06:43+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01T16:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-02-28T16:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-02T16:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-06T16:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-07T16:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-08T16:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-09T16:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-13T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-14T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-15T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-20T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing Cancelled.
- **2017-03-16T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-21T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-22T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-01-25T00:30:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-30T18:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-30T18:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-07-03T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-07-04T20:32:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-05T20:24:50+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-06T16:29:46+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Monroe. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-06T18:38:07+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06T19:00:50+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-07T17:53:48+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-07T19:32:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-07T21:42:41+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-18T20:42:13+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T20:45:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-19T20:51:26+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-24T22:58:04+00:00** Chapter 590, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-07-24T23:01:33+00:00** 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/bfe11644-a569-47a0-8233-7346fff2e6b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).