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Oregon · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 5541: Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Transportation; and declaring an emergency.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 5541 is a bill introduced in the Oregon Senate on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Transportation; and declaring an emergency. Most recent recorded action (August 13, 2025): Effective date, August 7, 2025.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
No sponsor recorded in source data.

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Effective date, August 7, 2025.
  2. Chapter 634, 2025 Laws.
  3. Governor signed.
  4. Speaker signed.
  5. President signed.
  6. Passed.
  7. Vote reconsideration carried.
  8. Bowman served notice of possible reconsideration.
  9. Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Failed.
  10. Second reading.
  11. Recommendation: Do pass.
  12. Referred to Ways and Means.

Showing 12 most recent of 29 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source