---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Oregon Department of Emergency Management."
description: "Authorizes the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to purchase or contract for certain materials, supplies and equipment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 823"
citation: "Oregon SB 823 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-06T23:05:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8d6550a-94f3-4502-947b-16d118df6ab6"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB823"
source_hash: "04704e6a2d99f50c4e68df6b1b11a8f2e43c1820477fccc3a4829271112a0f83"
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 823 (2025R1) — Relating to the Oregon Department of Emergency Management.

Authorizes the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to purchase or contract for certain materials, supplies and equipment.

## 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/SB823/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB823/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Grayber. Passed. — **52–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (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 Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing Cancelled.
- **2025-02-18T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-02-27T21:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-03-11T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-03-13T16:58:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13T17:58:23+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-17T18:59:48+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T19:21:30+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T22:32:30+00:00** Referred to Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-13T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-15T17:13:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15T18:20:57+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19T20:27:04+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 20, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-05-20T18:21:55+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Grayber. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-21T22:13:26+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-22T17:22:34+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-28T20:25:24+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06T23:00:17+00:00** Chapter 229, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-06-06T23:05:17+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8d6550a-94f3-4502-947b-16d118df6ab6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).