---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency."
description: "<i>Appropriates moneys from General Fund to _____ for biennial expenses.</i>]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5543"
citation: "Oregon SB 5543 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
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/dff1cf0f-ea6f-4b8d-addc-464fc45a3a50"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB5543"
source_hash: "e784865bd9570af2bde4130e7b946cf027d3d2a4383ee35eef8b81bff1a633f3"
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 5543 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency.

<i>Appropriates moneys from General Fund to _____ for biennial expenses.</i>]

## 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/SB5543/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5543/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5543/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/13925)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5543/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Holvey. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. — **27–0** (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`
- **2019-02-18T18:24:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-02-22T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-03-01T17:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-07T16:35:40+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11T17:22:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12T18:55:44+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Girod. 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`
- **2019-03-26T22:28:54+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.
- **2019-04-01T18:56:49+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Holvey. 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 31, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-04-19T21:17:56+00:00** Effective date, April 10, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dff1cf0f-ea6f-4b8d-addc-464fc45a3a50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).