---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for biennial expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5524"
citation: "Oregon SB 5524 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
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/f5d79bb8-3ac9-4657-96fe-ec20c0b8c64c"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB5524"
source_hash: "5024fb8594be3f8d75aa2d47e4074bcbf8804c7093947d4eb20df57ba5769317"
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 5524 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to the financial administration of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for 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/SB5524/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5524/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5524/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5524/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Monroe. Passed. — **24–4** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **40–4** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. — **37–21** (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`
- **2017-03-27T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-28T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-29T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-30T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-03T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-04T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-05T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-06T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-10T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-11T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-12T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-13T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-17T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-18T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-19T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-20T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing Cancelled.
- **2017-04-26T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-01-25T00:31:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28T15:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-28T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-30T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-07-01T22:17:58+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-03T21:08:07+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-04T16:38:20+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Monroe. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-05T15:25:47+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06T01:38:39+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06T19:46:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-06T21:00:00+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-07T02:37:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-07T02:38:49+00:00** Potential conflict(s) of interest declared by Wilson.
- **2017-07-07T02:39:49+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Sollman.
- **2017-07-18T17:41:32+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T18:05:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-19T20:51:26+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-24T22:58:04+00:00** Chapter 595, 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/f5d79bb8-3ac9-4657-96fe-ec20c0b8c64c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).