---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Water Resources Department; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Water Resources Department for biennial expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5545"
citation: "Oregon SB 5545 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
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/6c5c0c5b-a744-4410-9896-9fee48789704"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB5545"
source_hash: "f71f3d875c63d12504a9a2b637699d26d2349b102084b1584f4827bbd0daea01"
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 5545 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the financial administration of the Water Resources Department; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Water Resources Department 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/SB5545/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5545/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5545/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21479)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5545/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Reardon. Passed. — **43–12** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **36–8** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **22–7** (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`
- **2021-03-15T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-17T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-22T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-01-24T15:10:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-15T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-18T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-21T15:15:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-22T16:05:00+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-23T15:52:53+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-23T16:55:22+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23T18:16:14+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24T18:59:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-24T22:23:06+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-25T04:25:32+00:00** Rules suspended. Rules suspended. Carried over to June 25, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-25T19:03:42+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Reardon. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-26T19:44:51+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-26T21:22:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-23T15:53:53+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-07-27T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20T17:22:42+00:00** Chapter 665, 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/6c5c0c5b-a744-4410-9896-9fee48789704`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).