---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Water Resources Department; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Water Resources Department for biennial expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5542"
citation: "Oregon SB 5542 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
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/367443b0-4572-4e70-82c5-8db93c2358c5"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB5542"
source_hash: "29d778824b6c469d34c4b870e53538f466c4fa989d678036485db9f5a6d9256e"
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 5542 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to the financial administration of the Water Resources Department; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Water Resources Department 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/SB5542/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5542/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5542/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5542/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. — **40–14** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. — **26–4** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **42–4** (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`
- **2017-04-11T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-12T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-13T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-01-25T00:23:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13T21:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-08T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-13T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-16T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-19T23:02:03+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-20T17:44:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-21T18:55:24+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-22T16:25:59+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-23T22:56:39+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27T16:59:27+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27T17:08:56+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-28T23:19:08+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-30T21:46:07+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-01T15:12:29+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-19T20:51:26+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-24T22:58:04+00:00** Chapter 606, 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/367443b0-4572-4e70-82c5-8db93c2358c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).