republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/sb-5546.md

---
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>Authorizes expenditures for obligations incurred by state agencies on or after July 1, 2025, that do not exceed specified levels. Appropriates moneys for expenditures. Authorizes payments for debt service, certificates of participation and other financing agreements during the period commencing July 1, 2025. Applies to any state agency for which no budget has become law on or before July 1, 2025. Sunsets September 15, 2025.</b> Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 5546"
citation: "Oregon SB 5546 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-02T23:43:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ca15c11-0df2-478f-a39f-13f0aa114985"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB5546"
source_hash: "f550d7bbf68f92796e54c16d591c8b7832b1536d33545fbeaa4f2a449adc30d7"
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 5546 (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>Authorizes expenditures for obligations incurred by state agencies on or after July 1, 2025, that do not exceed specified levels. Appropriates moneys for expenditures. Authorizes payments for debt service, certificates of participation and other financing agreements during the period commencing July 1, 2025. Applies to any state agency for which no budget has become law on or before July 1, 2025. Sunsets September 15, 2025.</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/SB5546/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5546/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5546/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29309)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5546/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. — **40–1** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **42–2** (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`
- **2025-05-09T15:30:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-16T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2025-05-16T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2025-05-23T16:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-28T21:49:51+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-29T21:12:00+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-02T18:40:20+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-02T20:48:21+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-03T21:59:29+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04T17:25:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-04T21:25:47+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-05T20:07:06+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 9, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-06-09T20:29:04+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 10, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-06-10T19:52:46+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 11, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-06-11T19:25:59+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 12, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-06-12T20:06:24+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 13, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-06-13T21:53:49+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-17T19:25:05+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-17T20:44:38+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-24T20:28:39+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-02T23:41:10+00:00** Chapter 430, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-07-02T23:43:48+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/0ca15c11-0df2-478f-a39f-13f0aa114985`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).