---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Justice; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Justice for biennial expenses of district attorneys."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5512"
citation: "Oregon SB 5512 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
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/feac46ce-9d4e-4abf-a5e6-4a267edab4cc"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB5512"
source_hash: "0c54df47ddc1ed1b246ab7211e56d81a1313b396a7a043b56d9e4ba5caadd79f"
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 5512 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Justice; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Justice for biennial expenses of district attorneys.

## 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/SB5512/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5512/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5512/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21084)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5512/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **25–4** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Leif. Passed. — **55–0** (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`
- **2021-04-28T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-01-24T15:05:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-05-19T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-28T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-01T19:24:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-02T17:43:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-03T17:44:00+00:00** Taken from 06-03 Calendar and placed on 06-07 Calendar on voice vote.
- **2021-06-07T18:22:18+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **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`
- **2021-06-07T22:27:38+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-07T18:23:18+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist, 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.
- **2021-06-10T19:34:08+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Leif. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **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 433, 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/feac46ce-9d4e-4abf-a5e6-4a267edab4cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).