---
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: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 5043"
citation: "Oregon HB 5043 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-23T17:36:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f71417c-53fc-4c40-9b81-2f180189125e"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB5043"
source_hash: "8354d19e9abac7cf7d33df0898be7eb42708f33ede79aa3e2af5b5e749af036a"
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 HB 5043 (2019 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. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5043/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5043/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5043/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16665)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5043/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. — **24–4** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Reardon. Passed. — **58–1** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15T23:56:58+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing cancelled.
- **2019-03-04T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-05T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-07T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-01-23T08:00:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-06-04T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-07T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-11T18:55:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-12T17:41:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-12T17:52:59+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Reardon. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-13T15:51:43+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14T17:50:42+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T15:48:58+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18T18:18:13+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-19T21:20:37+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-20T17:07:13+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-24T22:53:53+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-15T16:08:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-23T17:36:52+00:00** Chapter 535, (2019 Laws): Effective date July 15, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f71417c-53fc-4c40-9b81-2f180189125e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).