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Oregon · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 5543: Relating to the financial administration of the Water Resources Department; 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 5543 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 Water Resources Department; and declaring an emergency. Most recent recorded action (August 8, 2025): Effective date, July 24, 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 Water Resources Department for biennial expenses. Limits biennial expenditures by the department from certain lottery moneys. Limits biennial expenditures for certain purposes from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts and specified federal funds, but excluding lottery funds and other federal funds, collected or received by the department. Limits biennial expenditures by the department from other federal funds. 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, July 24, 2025.
  2. Chapter 611, 2025 Laws.
  3. Governor signed.
  4. Speaker signed.
  5. President signed.
  6. Third reading. Carried by Lively. Passed.
  7. Second reading.
  8. Recommendation: Do pass.
  9. Referred to Ways and Means.
  10. First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
  11. Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed.
  12. Second reading.

Showing 12 most recent of 22 actions. Full history

Sources

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