---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to state financial administration; declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriates moneys from General Fund to specified state agencies for specified expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021S2"
identifier: "SB 5561"
citation: "Oregon SB 5561 (2021S2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peter Courtney"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-12-13T16:08:44+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-17T18:13:09+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35f79654-323c-4aeb-b1e9-bdd028d8e7e1"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021S2/Measures/Overview/SB5561"
source_hash: "56c578e663e26502c3c2b6412f60c96f384d9bd5ff70b8c1e7972125976a0bd5"
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 5561 (2021S2) — Relating to state financial administration; declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to specified state agencies for specified expenses.

## 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/2021S2/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5561/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021S2/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5561/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Rayfield. Passed. — **52–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Peter Courtney — primary (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-13T16:08:44+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-13T16:42:00+00:00** Referred to The Second Special Session of 2021. `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-13T19:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-12-13T21:33:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-12-13T21:56:10+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-12-13T21:56:23+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-12-13T21:57:23+00:00** Knopp declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2021-12-13T23:14:49+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-14T00:09:30+00:00** Referred to The Second Special Session of 2021. `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-14T00:39:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-12-14T00:48:47+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-12-14T01:08:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Rayfield. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-12-14T02:57:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-12-14T03:08:27+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-12-15T01:03:27+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-17T18:10:44+00:00** Chapter 4, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-12-17T18:13:09+00:00** Effective date, December 14, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35f79654-323c-4aeb-b1e9-bdd028d8e7e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).