---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Revenue; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Revenue for biennial expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5537"
citation: "Oregon SB 5537 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-16T22:45:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af562c4a-b4e0-4b9c-8933-b69d034b2a42"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB5537"
source_hash: "4a4a0205bd2f1ab997bb138108f88a7f67e3ccaa87622c8e82e8c56aab99542e"
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 5537 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Revenue; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Revenue for 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/SB5537/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5537/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5537/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21169)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5537/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Smith G. Passed. — **53–2** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## 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`
- **2021-03-10T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-17T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-31T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-01-24T15:08:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-02T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-04T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-07T20:56:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-08T17:24:39+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-09T19:38:25+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-10T17:54:38+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10T21:36:18+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14T15:22:37+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14T18:57:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-15T22:34:19+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Smith G. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-22T15:29:38+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-22T19:56:03+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-01T21:50:31+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-16T22:42:25+00:00** Chapter 441, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-16T22:45:19+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/af562c4a-b4e0-4b9c-8933-b69d034b2a42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).