---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Transportation; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Transportation for certain biennial expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5542"
citation: "Oregon SB 5542 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
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/89d3c021-ae95-4357-857f-36fc7d8190f5"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB5542"
source_hash: "1682572bf5db60c3a9d0759427638f9b525436a1953b1e4a5941c4861528aa83"
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 5542 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Transportation; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Transportation 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/SB5542/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5542/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5542/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21087)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5542/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **54–1** (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`
- **2021-03-15T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-17T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-01-24T15:07:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-05-12T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-28T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-02T19:24:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-03T17:45:54+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-07T18:26:37+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07T18:27:37+00:00** Thatcher declared potential conflict of interest.
- **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`
- **2021-06-07T22:27:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-07T18:28:37+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **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.
- **2021-06-10T19:55:14+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-10T19:54:14+00:00** Potential conflict(s) of interest declared by Smith G.
- **2021-06-15T16:46:29+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-21T16:12:59+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-01T21:50:31+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-16T22:42:25+00:00** Chapter 442, 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/89d3c021-ae95-4357-857f-36fc7d8190f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).