---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon State Board of Nursing; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by Oregon State Board of Nursing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "SB 5523"
citation: "Oregon SB 5523 (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: "2023-08-04T00:14:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b2178ca-ebb3-4b7a-ae56-623107c05e9f"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB5523"
source_hash: "b88f995bde9f9ba4b41bcb2c934dc6728915c04707c95669b3f385018468f9fc"
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 5523 (2023R1) — Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon State Board of Nursing; and declaring an emergency.

Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by Oregon State Board of Nursing.

## 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/SB5523/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5523/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5523/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/24716)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5523/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Bowman. Passed. — **50–2** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **36–6** (pass) · legislature

## 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`
- **2023-02-27T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-02-02T20:50:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2023-04-19T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-05-05T16:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-05-09T19:06:02+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15T21:55:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-16T18:07:47+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. 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`
- **2023-06-20T20:00:58+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-20T22:47:36+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-20T23:46:25+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Bowman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-16T18:08:47+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Anderson.
- **2023-06-22T22:04:26+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-22T23:25:39+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-07-27T22:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-04T00:09:00+00:00** Chapter 474, 2023 Laws.
- **2023-08-04T00:14:00+00:00** Effective date, July 27, 2023.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b2178ca-ebb3-4b7a-ae56-623107c05e9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).