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Subcommittee advances omnibus budget rebalance; major increases for OHA and DHS drive most changes
Summary
Senate Bill 5550, an omnibus rebalance of state agency budgets for the 23-25 biennium, was adopted in subcommittee and sent to the full Ways and Means Committee with a due-pass recommendation on March 7, 2025.
Senate Bill 5550, the omnibus state financial administration and rebalance bill for the 23-25 biennium, was considered in the Capital Construction Subcommittee on March 7, 2025. The subcommittee adopted the dash-2 amendment and moved the measure to the full Ways and Means Committee with a due-pass recommendation.
LFO staff summarized the bill as a rebalance that replaces and rebalances state agency budgets for the remainder of the biennium. Staff said the dash-2 amendment implements specific budget adjustments and that the bill overall increases General Fund by $425.6 million, adds $120,000 in lottery funds (noted in a separate allocations bill), increases other funds limitation by about $864.4 million and increases federal funds expenditure limitation by about $1.2 billion. Staff also said the bill creates 35 positions (8.1 FTE). A substantial share of the rebalance is for the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and the Department of Human Services (DHS): staff identified roughly $197.6 million General Fund and $161.4 million General Fund increases for OHA and DHS respectively, and cited large total-fund increases for both agencies.
Staff noted other changes, including $39.2 million General Fund, $3.0 million other funds and $13.3 million federal funds for personal services costs tied to pay equity adjustments (affecting DHS, Department of Corrections and Oregon Youth Authority) and roughly $15.7 million General Fund and $10.0 million other funds in debt service savings related to project bond sale delays.
A representative of eight cities testified in support of language changes in section 207 that those cities said were needed to allow projects to proceed; Jim McCauley, Legislative Director for the League of Oregon Cities, asked the committee to adopt those changes and thanked staff for assistance in moving the program forward.
After brief discussion the subcommittee adopted the dash-2 amendment and moved Senate Bill 5550, as amended, to the full Ways and Means Committee with a due-pass recommendation.
