---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Approves certain new or increased fees adopted by state agencies. Declares an emergency, effective on passage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2026R1"
identifier: "HB 5203"
citation: "Oregon HB 5203 (2026R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-09T17:38:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-13T15:31:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/320495dd-2ae3-440c-998e-59c7a8700abd"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB5203"
source_hash: "da6b286278c0d6484deab26f71929986227ee2cff88c02a27027213202cc9550"
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 (2026R1) — Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency.

Approves certain new or increased fees adopted by state agencies. 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/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5203/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5203/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **34–14** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. — **31–24** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. — **17–10** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-09T17:38:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09T19:47:33+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09T20:02:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T23:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2026-03-03T17:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2026-03-03T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2026-03-04T23:33:22+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05T18:39:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06T21:19:18+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-06T22:07:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to Ways and Means Committee. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06T22:23:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06T23:23:27+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06T23:33:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-10T19:28:36+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-10T20:49:13+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-04-07T22:30:54+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-13T15:31:38+00:00** Chapter 128, (2026 Laws): Effective date April 7, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/320495dd-2ae3-440c-998e-59c7a8700abd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).