---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries for biennial expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5511"
citation: "Oregon SB 5511 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-14T21:24:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29692445-6747-4aa7-ba7f-622856f38960"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB5511"
source_hash: "65f33be74e55a527856aff242f32b9af9abcf93b8867ccb4964696032329c926"
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 5511 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to the financial administration of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries 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/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5511/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5511/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5511/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16973)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5511/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **43–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Reardon. Passed. — **51–1** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15T16:47:07+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-21T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-06-13T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2019-01-23T08:00:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-06-17T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-18T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-21T20:21:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-29T17:37:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-29T18:19:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-29T18:56:45+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-29T20:53:13+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-30T01:01:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-30T02:12:47+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-30T02:39:33+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Reardon. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-03T15:38:33+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-03T20:21:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-29T18:20:34+00:00** Vote explanation filed by Steiner Hayward.
- **2019-08-09T17:15:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-14T21:20:22+00:00** Chapter 690, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-08-14T21:24:59+00:00** Effective date, August 9, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29692445-6747-4aa7-ba7f-622856f38960`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).