---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Employment Department; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts and certain federal funds, but excluding lottery funds and other federal funds, collected or received by Employment Department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "SB 5507"
citation: "Oregon SB 5507 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-02T19:15:57+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-01T16:56:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c56080c9-10f4-411c-aa43-d623d86f177b"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB5507"
source_hash: "ca7483709546745d079d5a9d76d5a297598fc9f931b643d322e4f7f8122283cb"
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 5507 (2023R1) — Relating to the financial administration of the Employment Department; and declaring an emergency.

Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts and certain federal funds, but excluding lottery funds and other federal funds, collected or received by Employment Department.

## 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/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5507/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5507/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5507/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/24739)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5507/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **40–2** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **48–5** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Meek. Passed. — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02T19:15:57+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02T20:02:13+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20T21:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2023-02-21T21:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2023-02-22T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-02-02T20:51:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2023-04-27T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-05-05T16:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-05-09T19:05:58+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15T21:55:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-16T17:13:42+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Meek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-20T14:58:10+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20T15:48:14+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20T20:00:48+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-20T22:47:36+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-20T23:15:04+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-16T17:14:42+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Findley.
- **2023-06-22T22:04:26+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-22T23:25:39+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-07-18T19:45:49+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-01T16:52:31+00:00** Chapter 379, 2023 Laws.
- **2023-08-01T16:56:06+00:00** Effective date, July 18, 2023.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c56080c9-10f4-411c-aa43-d623d86f177b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).