---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to funding for services in domestic relations cases; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Directs county treasurers and presiding judges of judicial districts to prepare and submit certain financial reports regarding conciliation and mediation accounts. Authorizes a county governing body to increase fees for issuances of marriage licenses and registrations of Declarations of Domestic Partnership. Declares an emergency, effective on passage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "Oregon SB 97 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
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/521dbc6f-4818-4171-9cc9-2abe52c3e22c"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB97"
source_hash: "5ab5a60a063bff90823fe9eddf1838ee9de8510f4ba8fcc1c1d1006eac060952"
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 97 (2025R1) — Relating to funding for services in domestic relations cases; and declaring an emergency.

Directs county treasurers and presiding judges of judicial districts to prepare and submit certain financial reports regarding conciliation and mediation accounts. Authorizes a county governing body to increase fees for issuances of marriage licenses and registrations of Declarations of Domestic Partnership. 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/SB97/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB97/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB97/A-Engrossed)
4. **SJUD Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26325)
5. **SJUD Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26659)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB97/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **19–11** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Mannix. Passed. — **31–21** (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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-02-10T23:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-02-18T23:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-03-03T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-03-07T22:29:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10T17:58:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11T18:35:06+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T18:58:35+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14T21:46:12+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-14T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-16T22:09:16+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19T18:46:28+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-20T20:06:02+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Mannix. 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 218, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-06-06T23:05:17+00:00** Effective date, May 28, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/521dbc6f-4818-4171-9cc9-2abe52c3e22c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).