---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon Youth Authority; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Youth Authority for certain biennial expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "SB 5541"
citation: "Oregon SB 5541 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
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/8c6ab4fc-68af-42cf-ac5a-0ca07f28ae2e"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB5541"
source_hash: "b4e1d25114f4e10cc64471c7d8c2a83138a2ff444e5fdd96cc9993621e4a4def"
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 (2023R1) — Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon Youth Authority; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Youth Authority for certain 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/SB5541/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5541/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5541/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25131)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5541/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **30–8** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Grayber. Passed. — **51–1** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. — **22–0** (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`
- **2023-02-20T23:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2023-02-21T23:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2023-02-22T23:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2023-02-23T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing Cancelled.
- **2023-03-09T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-02-02T20:53:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2023-05-22T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-05-26T16:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-05-30T18:37:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15T21:55:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-16T19:22:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sollman. 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`
- **2023-06-16T19:23:00+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Hansell.
- **2023-06-22T18:03:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-22T21:17:04+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-22T23:42:02+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Grayber. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-24T23:08:16+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-25T17:35:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-07-27T22:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-04T00:09:00+00:00** Chapter 487, 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/8c6ab4fc-68af-42cf-ac5a-0ca07f28ae2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).