---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Increases and decreases certain biennial appropriations made from General Fund to Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5543"
citation: "Oregon SB 5543 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-19T16:52:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36a7bb65-c399-4993-a8de-cc51df209ebb"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB5543"
source_hash: "6fc9e318fd7637acea65683330154f50d888a8a1e6a5a817c58868ad2d9d960f"
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 5543 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency.

Increases and decreases certain biennial appropriations made from General Fund to Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority.

## 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/SB5543/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5543/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5543/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5543/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Winters. Passed. — **26–4** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Malstrom. Passed. — **53–2** (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`
- **2017-05-04T23:56:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-31T15:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-05-31T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-09T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-13T15:24:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-14T16:55:56+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-15T18:39:18+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Winters. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-15T18:40:18+00:00** Kruse granted unanimous consent to change vote from nay to aye.
- **2017-06-19T15:51:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20T16:50:16+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21T22:12:32+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-22T16:41:00+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-23T20:45:41+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 26, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-26T23:35:46+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Malstrom. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-28T22:54:32+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30T16:43:25+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-06T18:01:25+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-19T16:50:38+00:00** Chapter 567, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-07-19T16:52:48+00:00** Effective date, July 6, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36a7bb65-c399-4993-a8de-cc51df209ebb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).