---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Directs Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board to allocate moneys from Watershed Conservation Operating Fund to various state agencies to implement Article XV, section 4b, of Oregon Constitution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 5037"
citation: "Oregon HB 5037 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/703a95d5-c032-40be-be60-b28d69671ecf"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB5037"
source_hash: "4f9db990a3d0ba56278e6f4d6488a0560e6d47b99dec7f318d30a1ba67ca0b86"
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 5037 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board; and declaring an emergency.

Directs Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board to allocate moneys from Watershed Conservation Operating Fund to various state agencies to implement Article XV, section 4b, of Oregon Constitution.

## 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.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5037/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5037/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5037/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21268)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5037/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Reardon. Passed. — **41–15** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Anderson. Passed. — **22–7** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **36–10** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20T04:40:25+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-01-24T15:09:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-08T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-11T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-14T15:21:58+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-15T18:51:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-15T23:34:33+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Reardon. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-16T17:26:58+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T20:34:22+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T15:15:27+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-21T17:59:25+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-22T16:52:35+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Anderson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-24T16:39:09+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-26T15:59:48+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-22T16:53:35+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-08-06T17:22:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 680, (2021 Laws): Effective date August 06, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/703a95d5-c032-40be-be60-b28d69671ecf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).