---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Veterans' Affairs; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Veterans' Affairs for certain biennial expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5538"
citation: "Oregon SB 5538 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-23T17:39:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88dc7ac7-e047-48ce-b375-f1950f99da6d"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB5538"
source_hash: "993d8484a6f059b0c85f9b1225f612dcfdc1c5a564128c39844324e74d60be50"
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 5538 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Veterans' Affairs; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Veterans' Affairs for certain 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/SB5538/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5538/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5538/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16662)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5538/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## 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`
- **2019-02-18T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-19T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-09T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-01-23T08:00:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-05-30T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-07T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-11T21:13:28+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-12T18:39:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-13T23:27:10+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-17T16:38:40+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17T21:03:34+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T17:04:23+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18T17:53:23+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-19T18:30:21+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-24T22:53:53+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-25T15:12:43+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-15T16:31:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-23T17:36:36+00:00** Chapter 570, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-07-23T17:39:36+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/88dc7ac7-e047-48ce-b375-f1950f99da6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).