---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Transportation; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Approves certain new or increased fees adopted by Department of Transportation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5543"
citation: "Oregon SB 5543 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-20T17:26:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e5e24a5-890a-4da1-82a7-6c52cd2b988c"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB5543"
source_hash: "47459c22c37ae7c27990aa1592e95b6fcfe8ed40ec6591685f0a5e6c4e543041"
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 5543 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Transportation; and declaring an emergency.

Approves certain new or increased fees adopted by Department of Transportation.

## 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/SB5543/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5543/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **40–4** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. — **21–8** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **42–11** (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.
- **2021-06-02T15:17:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-02T17:43:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-03T18:11:20+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03T18:12:20+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`
- **2021-06-07T22:27:44+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.
- **2021-06-11T03:21:23+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 14, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-14T22:14:41+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-17T16:27:09+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-21T16:12:59+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-27T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20T17:22:42+00:00** Chapter 664, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-20T17:26:23+00:00** Effective date, July 27, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e5e24a5-890a-4da1-82a7-6c52cd2b988c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).