---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Authorizes expenditures for obligations incurred by state agencies on or after July 1, 2017, that do not exceed specified levels."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5544"
citation: "Oregon SB 5544 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-04T20:31:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c61f221e-873c-4387-8fec-df35a2bec5a2"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB5544"
source_hash: "bdb047a88e74a8cddfc071531dd1ed0b9e6c1841926919f819307a7b7f3cf6cb"
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 5544 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency.

Authorizes expenditures for obligations incurred by state agencies on or after July 1, 2017, that do not exceed specified levels.

## 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/SB5544/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5544/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5544/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5544/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Nathanson. Passed. — **54–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Devlin. Passed. — **28–2** (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`
- **2017-05-08T21:53:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-19T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-05-19T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-26T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-02T15:40:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-05T19:18:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-06T18:27:45+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Devlin. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-07T16:23:52+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-08T21:11:43+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13T23:23:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-14T16:01:38+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-15T18:02:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 19, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-19T23:17:46+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nathanson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-21T17:00:48+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-22T19:00:17+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-27T21:18:02+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-04T20:04:50+00:00** Effective date, July 1, 2017.
- **2017-07-04T20:31:05+00:00** Chapter 493, 2017 Laws.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c61f221e-873c-4387-8fec-df35a2bec5a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).