republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/sb-5515.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Education; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Education for certain biennial expenses. Limits certain biennial expenditures by the department from lottery moneys. Limits certain biennial expenditures from certain fees, moneys or other revenues collected or received by the department. Limits biennial expenditures by the department from certain federal funds. Limits biennial expenditures and transfers by the department from specified accounts. Authorizes specified nonlimited expenditures. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 5515"
citation: "Oregon SB 5515 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-08-08T15:10:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1645c97-e0d5-4be3-a83c-68bb4ea8c9c5"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB5515"
source_hash: "df88c9509f6bbeb43604e3cb859c5d58d14c04cebddb0bfc249b52b0a68089d6"
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 5515 (2025R1) — Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Education; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Education for certain biennial expenses. Limits certain biennial expenditures by the department from lottery moneys. Limits certain biennial expenditures from certain fees, moneys or other revenues collected or received by the department. Limits biennial expenditures by the department from certain federal funds. Limits biennial expenditures and transfers by the department from specified accounts. Authorizes specified nonlimited expenditures. 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/SB5515/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5515/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5515/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29634)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5515/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. — **19–11** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Ruiz. Passed. — **38–11** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **30–14** (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`
- **2025-03-10T20:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2025-03-11T20:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2025-03-12T20:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2025-03-13T20:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2025-03-17T20:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2025-03-18T20:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2025-03-19T20:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2025-03-20T20:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2025-03-24T20:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2025-03-25T20:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2025-03-26T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-01-19T02:42:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2025-06-11T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-17T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-19T22:43:23+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-20T20:01:33+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-23T17:54:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-23T22:48:28+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-23T23:09:35+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25T17:32:30+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-26T01:29:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-26T20:32:28+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Ruiz. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-27T22:58:40+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-28T04:01:10+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-07-24T21:34:59+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-08T15:06:12+00:00** Chapter 608, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-08-08T15:10:01+00:00** Effective date, July 24, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1645c97-e0d5-4be3-a83c-68bb4ea8c9c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).