---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to state financial administration; declaring an emergency."
description: "Digest: The Act is a budget bill for an unspecified state agency. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "HB 5203"
citation: "Oregon HB 5203 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-12T18:45:52+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-18T21:53:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04d736e3-d3f8-4b49-9a64-372584c3e62d"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB5203"
source_hash: "92bb4e4b3af01bf391daead3269fec4fedbc14225589391d8e85d955901fea49"
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 HB 5203 (2024R1) — Relating to state financial administration; declaring an emergency.

Digest: The Act is a budget bill for an unspecified state agency. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9).

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5203/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5203/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5203/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26264)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5203/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Smith G. Passed. — **54–2** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **25–3** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12T18:45:52+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12T22:43:08+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T17:44:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T01:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2024-03-06T17:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2024-03-07T01:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-03-07T17:09:11+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07T19:16:05+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07T21:56:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Smith G. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-07T22:07:37+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T22:24:11+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08T00:13:37+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08T02:17:41+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08T02:44:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-13T21:47:02+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-19T18:45:47+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-04-17T23:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-18T21:53:20+00:00** Chapter 106, (2024 Laws): Effective date April 17, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04d736e3-d3f8-4b49-9a64-372584c3e62d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).