---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency."
description: "</b> </i>] [<i>Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to _____ for biennial expenses.</i>] [<i>Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by _______.</i>] [<i>Limits biennial expenditures from federal funds.</i>] <b>Approves certain new or increased fees adopted by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.</b> Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 5544"
citation: "Oregon SB 5544 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-23T19:08:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d48b8c33-1e11-4f03-83b8-d2a19875c66b"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB5544"
source_hash: "5785ee886b31a56f2d51cf48cd7b61ef75e37a55ab26d0878ad66149e63fa64f"
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 5544 (2025R1) — Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency.

</b> </i>] [<i>Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to _____ for biennial expenses.</i>] [<i>Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by _______.</i>] [<i>Limits biennial expenditures from federal funds.</i>] <b>Approves certain new or increased fees adopted by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.</b> Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

## 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/SB5544/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5544/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5544/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29093)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5544/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Wright. Passed. — **32–20** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. — **20–8** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **28–14** (pass) · legislature

## 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 Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-06T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2025-02-05T16:30:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2025-05-08T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-16T16:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-20T22:06:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-21T18:19:05+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22T19:09:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22T19:47:49+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22T22:38:31+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29T01:48:51+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-29T20:27:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-02T20:50:42+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 3, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-06-03T22:43:19+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 4, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-06-04T22:17:30+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wright. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-09T21:00:45+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-09T22:20:27+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-16T21:57:30+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-23T19:03:43+00:00** Chapter 340, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-06-23T19:08:23+00:00** Effective date, July 1, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d48b8c33-1e11-4f03-83b8-d2a19875c66b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).