---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Human Services; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services for certain biennial expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5529"
citation: "Oregon SB 5529 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
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/61e3a0f5-8ec5-4e28-b5d4-69a2eb7931fa"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB5529"
source_hash: "6b8ee7ece2d06a575eb2335ccc16bec916bfa7151196012d8a35c7d7edcd9061"
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 5529 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Human Services; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services 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/SB5529/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5529/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5529/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21561)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5529/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **42–2** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. — **54–2** (pass) · lower

## 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`
- **2021-03-16T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-18T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-23T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-25T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-30T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-01T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-06T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-08T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-13T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-01-24T15:06:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-17T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-21T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-23T18:52:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-24T18:12:30+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-24T19:49:45+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-24T19:50:45+00:00** Gelser, Patterson declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2021-06-24T22:18:47+00:00** Rules suspended. First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24T23:36:54+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25T20:40:48+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25T21:26:13+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-25T22:07:05+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-29T19:32:41+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-01T17:35:29+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-24T19:51:45+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-07-19T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20T17:05:08+00:00** Chapter 606, 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/61e3a0f5-8ec5-4e28-b5d4-69a2eb7931fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).