---
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 5544"
citation: "Oregon SB 5544 (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: "2019-07-02T21:41:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34f99640-284f-4371-bf46-c22d3e8bd8f6"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB5544"
source_hash: "7bf937e351dcaf57dbe69e64c231a8f9ce95116dd447e6118436a5009b117876"
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 5544 (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/SB5544/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5544/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5544/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16453)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5544/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. — **43–15** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. — **21–7** (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`
- **2019-05-02T00:45:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16T16:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-05-16T16:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-24T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-28T21:32:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29T17:40:15+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T16:36:42+00:00** Carried over to 06-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-03T20:03:17+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-04T16:27:49+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04T23:08:18+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05T19:25:28+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-06T21:23:33+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-10T18:12:38+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-14T17:21:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-14T19:17:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-20T22:59:05+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-02T21:32:37+00:00** Chapter 480, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-07-02T21:41:21+00:00** Effective date, June 20, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34f99640-284f-4371-bf46-c22d3e8bd8f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).