---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the administration of moneys received from the Monsanto settlement; declaring an emergency."
description: "Digest: This Act creates a council and funds to distribute and invest money from a legal settlement. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "SB 1561"
citation: "Oregon SB 1561 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Court Boice", "Ken Helm", "Michael Dembrow", "Pam Marsh", "Sen Steiner"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-11T16:02:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6430510-f95f-4e94-9450-96e50e57c2df"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/SB1561"
source_hash: "ddba0cfd80cbe6166e2c0e1ac5819a7e7a761d804bde0c919c2663ac0eddb385"
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 1561 (2024R1) — Relating to the administration of moneys received from the Monsanto settlement; declaring an emergency.

Digest: This Act creates a council and funds to distribute and invest money from a legal settlement. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6).

## 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/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1561/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1561/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1561/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1561/B-Engrossed)
5. **JWM Amendment -A3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26168)
6. **SNR Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25788)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1561/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1561/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Steiner. Passed. — **26–4** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Levy E. Passed. — **54–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Court Boice — primary (person)
- Ken Helm — primary (person)
- Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
- Pam Marsh — primary (person)
- Sen Steiner — primary (person)
- Aaron Woods — cosponsor (person)
- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Hansell — cosponsor (person)
- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
- Hai Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn Findley — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Thuy Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T17:31:30+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-13T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-15T21:00:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15T21:00:10+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-18T22:28:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21T21:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2024-02-21T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-29T01:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-29T21:04:38+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-01T22:57:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04T19:30:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Steiner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-04T22:05:25+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T00:05:17+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T22:07:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05T23:11:46+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06T23:35:10+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Levy E. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T18:41:21+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-13T22:07:25+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-04-04T22:38:42+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-11T16:00:34+00:00** Chapter 97, 2024 Laws.
- **2024-04-11T16:02:52+00:00** Effective date, April 4, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6430510-f95f-4e94-9450-96e50e57c2df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).