republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/sb-5541.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Transportation; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Transportation for certain biennial expenses. Limits certain biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts and certain federal funds, but excluding lottery funds and other federal funds, collected or received by the department. Limits certain biennial expenditures by the department from other federal funds. Limits certain biennial expenditures by the department from lottery moneys. Authorizes specified nonlimited expenditures. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 5541"
citation: "Oregon SB 5541 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-08-13T17:23:16+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21944a71-2773-4308-892f-4b77cd450302"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB5541"
source_hash: "358bb52c9ca8af561ab5ad49075c6f209c713bfb73be5084bafc25fbd66d0fa8"
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 5541 (2025R1) — Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Transportation; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Transportation for certain biennial expenses. Limits certain biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts and certain federal funds, but excluding lottery funds and other federal funds, collected or received by the department. Limits certain biennial expenditures by the department from other federal funds. Limits certain biennial expenditures by the department from lottery moneys. 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/SB5541/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5541/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5541/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29788)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5541/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Vote reconsideration carried. — **35–14** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. — **16–12** (pass) · upper
- Passed. — **34–15** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Failed. — **28–12** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **28–12** (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`
- **2025-03-03T23:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2025-03-04T23:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2025-03-05T23:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2025-03-06T23:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2025-03-11T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-01-19T02:48:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13T17:42:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-24T16:55:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2025-06-24T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-24T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-25T18:36:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-25T21:47:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-25T22:07:33+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-26T01:29:22+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26T01:34:50+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26T17:43:31+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-26T19:06:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-25T18:37:00+00:00** (Amendments distributed.)
- **2025-06-26T22:52:14+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Failed. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-26T22:53:14+00:00** Bowman served notice of possible reconsideration.
- **2025-06-27T19:30:37+00:00** Vote reconsideration carried.
- **2025-06-27T19:31:37+00:00** Passed.
- **2025-06-30T17:32:45+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-30T18:36:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-08-08T03:23:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-13T17:18:34+00:00** Chapter 634, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-08-13T17:23:16+00:00** Effective date, August 7, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21944a71-2773-4308-892f-4b77cd450302`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).