---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Oregon Racing Commission license fees; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Increases the maximum amount of certain license fees charged by the Oregon Racing Commission. Declares an emergency, effective on passage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 853"
citation: "Oregon SB 853 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-02T23:43:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f950344-35a0-4049-b32e-93336ca2b94f"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB853"
source_hash: "f917a97946da07bbad78b3a6764fd5cd2b436aeab7b3a1393685d6d95c76e1f0"
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 853 (2025R1) — Relating to Oregon Racing Commission license fees; and declaring an emergency.

Increases the maximum amount of certain license fees charged by the Oregon Racing Commission. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

## 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/SB853/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB853/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Neron Misslin. Passed. — **16–13** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Watanabe. Passed. — **36–17** (pass) · lower

## 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 Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02T15:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2025-04-07T21:51:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do Pass and be referred to Ways and Means.
- **2025-04-07T21:51:55+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-16T00:35:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2025-05-22T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-30T16:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-04T16:18:06+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-04T18:51:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-05T19:02:25+00:00** Carried over to 06-09 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-09T19:36:00+00:00** Carried over to 06-10 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-10T18:48:39+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Neron Misslin. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-10T19:49:41+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10T21:15:50+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12T00:27:02+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-12T20:02:51+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-13T22:49:55+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 16, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-06-16T21:57:13+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 17, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-06-17T19:26:04+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Watanabe. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-18T22:25:27+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-19T00:01:23+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-26T19:38:29+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-02T23:41:10+00:00** Chapter 465, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-07-02T23:43:48+00:00** Effective date, June 26, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f950344-35a0-4049-b32e-93336ca2b94f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).