---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the State Library; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Library for biennial expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5518"
citation: "Oregon SB 5518 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-26T21:50:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b87c2a12-8975-491a-8fc6-6c0ad6f4fe7a"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB5518"
source_hash: "0bf54c4b0930ffd33944b78bf090690c04bccb46bd2f85c1fd88112839b1b621"
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 5518 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to the financial administration of the State Library; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Library 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/SB5518/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5518/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5518/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14424)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5518/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **55–3** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **42–0** (pass) · legislature

## 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`
- **2019-02-11T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-01-23T08:00:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-03-14T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-22T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-27T16:54:32+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28T17:55:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01T18:28:38+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-02T16:24:03+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04T19:25:46+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05T21:26:23+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08T18:52:05+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09T19:01:37+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 10, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-04-10T18:47:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 11, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-04-11T22:18:57+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 15, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-04-15T18:50:00+00:00** Potential conflict(s) of interest declared by Nearman.
- **2019-04-15T18:51:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16T22:56:03+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-17T15:19:47+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-22T20:36:25+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-26T21:49:20+00:00** Chapter 40, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-04-26T21:50:26+00:00** Effective date, July 1, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b87c2a12-8975-491a-8fc6-6c0ad6f4fe7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).