---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon Racing Commission; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by Oregon Racing Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5535"
citation: "Oregon SB 5535 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-19T21:17:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51caf544-baa5-4532-acff-74559af64beb"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB5535"
source_hash: "b9316078bf465aea66bcf11cf64ffea0aebe5ef79085189390fc36fb13b2ff76"
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 5535 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon Racing Commission; and declaring an emergency.

Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by Oregon Racing Commission.

## 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/SB5535/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5535/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5535/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/13918)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5535/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **56–0** (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`
- **2019-01-28T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-01-23T08:00:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20T21:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-02-20T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-01T17:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-07T16:35:37+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11T17:22:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12T18:47:41+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-13T16:57:40+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19T23:31:31+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26T22:28:51+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27T20:04:25+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28T18:37:08+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 1, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-04-01T18:49:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03T16:52:27+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-03T20:04:33+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-10T20:16:13+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19T21:16:42+00:00** Chapter 28, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-04-19T21:17:56+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/51caf544-baa5-4532-acff-74559af64beb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).