---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the State Department of Energy; and declaring an emergency."
description: "<b>Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Energy for certain biennial expenses.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5515"
citation: "Oregon SB 5515 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-07T18:23:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ba9789f-94cd-44b9-afa8-9410b1786493"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB5515"
source_hash: "79f41d98d74f3f26c41712ab509a30e0aaab2f2dca3140f70376149963f4bf9b"
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 5515 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the financial administration of the State Department of Energy; and declaring an emergency.

<b>Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Energy for certain biennial expenses.</b>

## 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/SB5515/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5515/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5515/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21085)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5515/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. — **44–11** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **36–8** (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`
- **2021-03-01T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-03T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-01-24T15:10:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-05-24T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-28T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-01T19:24:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-02T17:43:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-03T18:00:06+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03T18:01:06+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-06-07T19:05:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07T19:35:45+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07T22:27:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-08T23:12:51+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-09T22:32:05+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 10, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-10T19:38:19+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-15T16:46:29+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-21T16:12:59+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-29T17:19:57+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-07T17:05:39+00:00** Chapter 423, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-07-07T18:23:45+00:00** Effective date, July 1, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ba9789f-94cd-44b9-afa8-9410b1786493`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).