---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency."
description: "</b> </i>] [<i>Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to _____ for biennial expenses.</i>] [<i>Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by _______.</i>] [<i>Limits biennial expenditures from federal funds.</i>] <b>Approves certain fees adopted by the Department of Consumer and Business Services.</b> Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 5545"
citation: "Oregon SB 5545 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-25T17:17:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a75b3d37-0b26-40aa-9c84-c27875f609c2"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB5545"
source_hash: "c7720c66ec86b5776140202f1ff7be9aedc071e569d75fcfb89bf36cba122e4e"
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 (2025R1) — Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency.

</b> </i>] [<i>Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to _____ for biennial expenses.</i>] [<i>Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by _______.</i>] [<i>Limits biennial expenditures from federal funds.</i>] <b>Approves certain fees adopted by the Department of Consumer and Business Services.</b> Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5545/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5545/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5545/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29595)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5545/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Watanabe. Passed. — **31–16** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **28–14** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Meek. Passed. — **17–12** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T22:13:22+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing Cancelled.
- **2025-04-17T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing Cancelled.
- **2025-04-23T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-02-26T15:31:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04T23:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2025-06-04T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-13T16:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-16T20:49:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-17T18:21:19+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-18T19:09:19+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Meek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-18T20:33:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18T20:57:24+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-19T00:50:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-19T19:03:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-20T21:29:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 23, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-06-23T23:30:38+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 24, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-06-24T20:32:36+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Watanabe. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-25T23:07:13+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-26T16:37:09+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-07-17T17:03:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-25T17:09:25+00:00** Chapter 556, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-07-25T17:17:50+00:00** Effective date, July 17, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a75b3d37-0b26-40aa-9c84-c27875f609c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).