---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Tobacco Settlement Funds Account; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to transfer certain amounts from Tobacco Settlement Funds Account for certain purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5541"
citation: "Oregon SB 5541 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
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/e04491ad-b27e-40ec-a6d3-851019b8285c"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB5541"
source_hash: "3728f368fd7232ed0104707dc777ae1fdcf325addc3acdf5eef9c14751b1a595"
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 5541 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the financial administration of the Tobacco Settlement Funds Account; and declaring an emergency.

Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to transfer certain amounts from Tobacco Settlement Funds Account for certain purposes.

## 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/SB5541/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5541/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5541/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21602)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5541/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. — **24–4** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **42–2** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. — **52–4** (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`
- **2021-06-20T00:24:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24T23:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-24T15:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2021-06-25T22:17:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25T23:14:41+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-25T23:25:03+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-26T17:50:25+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-26T18:41:09+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-26T21:22:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-26T22:22:16+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-26T22:48:04+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-29T19:32:41+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-01T17:35:29+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-27T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20T17:22:42+00:00** Chapter 663, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-20T17:26:23+00:00** Effective date, July 27, 2021.
- **2021-06-24T23:04:00+00:00** Work Session held.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e04491ad-b27e-40ec-a6d3-851019b8285c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).