---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the State Department of Agriculture; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Agriculture for certain biennial expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5502"
citation: "Oregon SB 5502 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc5c9a76-a1ff-4655-8f52-ed35268fed64"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB5502"
source_hash: "1b726a3632394669d9bf0f2f979f8269f7ddcb7bb5b4063bd651b5b3042c1d98"
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 5502 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the financial administration of the State Department of Agriculture; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Agriculture 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.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5502/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5502/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5502/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21387)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5502/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Reardon. Passed. — **50–4** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. — **22–5** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-16T01:16:07+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-19T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-21T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-01-24T15:10:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-14T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-16T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-18T16:32:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-21T17:43:13+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-21T18:54:28+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-21T19:58:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T22:05:26+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23T01:02:22+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-23T17:45:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-21T18:55:28+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-06-24T18:33:07+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Reardon. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-24T18:34:07+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boshart Davis, Sollman.
- **2021-06-26T17:19:39+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-26T21:22:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-19T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20T17:05:08+00:00** Chapter 600, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00** Effective date, July 19, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc5c9a76-a1ff-4655-8f52-ed35268fed64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).