---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency."
description: "<i>Appropriates moneys from General Fund to _____ for biennial expenses.</i>]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5546"
citation: "Oregon SB 5546 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-25T19:55:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9fa4e4c-d1fe-45d8-a15a-2bd3ae1eff19"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB5546"
source_hash: "31b79e949c919257cefe20147b2294586db89d4288f0e18f848bbcdbf67b844c"
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 5546 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency.

<i>Appropriates moneys from General Fund to _____ for biennial expenses.</i>]

## 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/SB5546/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5546/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5546/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/18831)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5546/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Under Special Order of Business.Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Rayfield. Passed. — **52–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **44–0** (pass) · legislature

## 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`
- **2021-03-12T00:49:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-03-17T15:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2021-03-19T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-22T20:18:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24T17:56:14+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25T18:14:10+00:00** Under Special Order of Business.Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T17:25:35+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09T01:51:28+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09T16:42:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10T02:51:56+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-11T01:13:11+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 12, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-13T04:20:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 13, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-14T04:09:28+00:00** Carried over to April 14, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-15T04:07:07+00:00** Carried over to April 15, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-16T03:52:31+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 16, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-16T19:41:23+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Rayfield. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T19:55:56+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-27T16:14:01+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-30T18:03:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-11T17:08:33+00:00** Chapter 11, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-05-11T17:09:16+00:00** Effective date, July 1, 2021.
- **2021-05-25T19:54:04+00:00** Chapter 11, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-05-25T19:55:20+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/d9fa4e4c-d1fe-45d8-a15a-2bd3ae1eff19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).