---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Employment Relations Board; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Employment Relations Board for biennial expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "SB 5508"
citation: "Oregon SB 5508 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-02T19:15:57+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-16T23:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e75a4bbd-7629-48b9-9e1d-1d901f1f4dcd"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB5508"
source_hash: "29a3fc121932b00643fd5f3b09687c774bf0144881886ef0f6b3c57219294fb7"
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 5508 (2023R1) — Relating to the financial administration of the Employment Relations Board; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Employment Relations Board for biennial expenses.

## 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/SB5508/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5508/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5508/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/24484)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5508/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Campos. Passed. — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **38–4** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **40–16** (pass) · lower

## 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`
- **2023-02-07T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-02-02T20:48:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2023-03-28T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-04-03T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-04-07T16:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-04-12T20:52:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13T19:25:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T03:19:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Campos. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T17:10:18+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20T16:33:07+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21T22:49:37+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24T19:05:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25T18:14:10+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27T19:43:55+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-01T17:14:34+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-08T20:12:01+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-16T22:45:00+00:00** Chapter 79, 2023 Laws.
- **2023-05-16T23:00:00+00:00** Effective date, July 1, 2023.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e75a4bbd-7629-48b9-9e1d-1d901f1f4dcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).