SB 5546 Oregon Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency.

Summary

] [ Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to _____ for biennial expenses. ] [ Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by _______. ] [ Limits biennial expenditures from federal funds. ] 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. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

House Passage

Jun 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Signed Jun 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

A-Engrossed → Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 24, 2025

MINOR

The bill transitioned from an A-Engrossed version to an Enrolled version, adding official signatures and dates indicating final passage by both legislative chambers and gubernatorial approval. The substantive policy content of the bill remains unchanged, with no modifications to funding amounts, eligibility criteria, or operational requirements.

TECHNICAL

Added official Enrolled status header and signatures from legislative officers and the Governor, confirming final passage and approval.

Removed A-Engrossed status header and editorial summary section that was present in the earlier version.

Minor formatting adjustments to page headers and footers to reflect enrolled status, including page numbering changes.

Introduced → A-Engrossed · 8 edits · Jun 2, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was amended from a simple budget creation and expenditure limit measure into a comprehensive emergency funding provision for state agencies that lack a legislatively adopted budget by July 1, 2025. The changes add detailed definitions, establish specific funding mechanisms through the Department of Administrative Services, and create reimbursement processes for unspent funds.

Scope change

Expanded from a general budget creation and expenditure limit to a specific emergency funding mechanism for agencies without adopted budgets, including detailed procedures for fund allocation and reconciliation.

DEFINITION

Added Section 1 defining 'state agency' to include all state officers, boards, commissions, departments, institutions, branches, or agencies whose costs are paid from State Treasury funds.

FISCAL

Added Section 2(1) authorizing expenditures for obligations incurred on or after July 1, 2025, up to one-eighth of the previous biennium's expenditure level, with funding appropriated to the Department of Administrative Services.

Added Section 2(3) authorizing payments for debt service, certificates of participation, and other financing agreements beginning July 1, 2025.

REQUIREMENT

Added Section 2(2) requiring the Department of Administrative Services to establish rules for reconciling and charging expenditures to the agency's 2025-2027 budget.

ELIGIBILITY

Added Section 3(1) addressing scenarios where no budget is adopted before legislative adjournment, allowing expenditures to be considered made from Department of Administrative Services funds.

Added Section 3(2) addressing scenarios where a legislatively adopted budget is vetoed, allowing expenditures to be considered made from Department of Administrative Services funds.

TIMELINE

Added Section 5 establishing a sunset date of September 15, 2025, when the provisions of Sections 1-4 are repealed.

TECHNICAL

Changed the digest summary from a simple budget creation statement to a more detailed explanation of emergency funding for agencies without budgets.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2025 · House Jun 13, 2025

How they voted

29–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 30

Jun 2, 2025

D Democratic18

18 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican12

11 Yea 1

91% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Jun 24, 2025

Signed into law

Governor signed.

upper

Jun 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Speaker signed.

lower

Jun 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

President signed.

upper

Jun 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed.

lower

Jun 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Recommendation: Do pass.

lower

Jun 3, 2025

Committee

Referred to Ways and Means.

lower

Jun 2, 2025

Introduced

First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

lower

Jun 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed.

upper

May 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)

upper

May 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned to Full Committee.

upper

May 9, 2025

Committee

Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Committee

Referred to Ways and Means.

upper

Jan 13, 2025

Introduced

Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

upper

0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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