---
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: "2023R1"
identifier: "SB 5545"
citation: "Oregon SB 5545 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-02T19:15:57+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-06T15:50:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa36e8db-5327-4194-9e5a-ef1a4afdfca0"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB5545"
source_hash: "d27ebfbe057f49d0b60f43a8d23575c4097328878e05f6f4b5f986fb7b764751"
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 5545 (2023R1) — 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/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5545/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5545/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5545/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/22970)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5545/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **44–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. — **53–1** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Steiner. Passed. — **25–3** (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`
- **2023-02-27T17:07:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T21:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2023-03-03T21:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2023-03-10T17:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-15T16:28:26+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16T17:53:04+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T18:18:15+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Steiner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-21T17:12:42+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21T20:25:02+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22T00:07:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22T19:11:34+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23T19:22:42+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 27, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-03-27T19:18:50+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:11:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-29T21:51:28+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-06T18:52:55+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-06T15:49:41+00:00** Chapter 24, 2023 Laws.
- **2023-05-06T15:50:47+00:00** Effective date, April 6, 2023.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa36e8db-5327-4194-9e5a-ef1a4afdfca0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).