The Oregon Legislature Housed passed HB 3991 and HB 3992. The Senate will reconvene September 17 to vote to increase transportation taxes. The sole purpose of Governor Tina Kotek’s special session is to drive your gas prices higher. The proposed package will:

• Raise the gas tax to 46¢ per gallon.
• Unconstitutionally give bureaucrats power to increase the gas tax.
• Nearly doubles title and registration fees.
• Doubles the payroll tax.

Governor Kotek and her allies, who tend to think of voters as petulant children when it comes to taxes, claim that these tax and fee increases will help fix the dysfunction in the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). We know that instead of picking our pockets to fund a dysfunctional agency, the legislature should be doing all it can to reform ODOT. Putting ODOT back on mission, cutting waste, and fixing current funding formulas are just three great places to start.

To push back against this plan, Oregon Freedom Coalition has relaunched No Tax Oregon. By visiting NoTaxOR.com, you can learn more about the proposed tax and fee increases and how they impact working families. They also provide an automated email system to email your legislator to stand strong and protect your pocketbook by voting “no” on HB 3991 and HB 3992.

EMAIL ALL SENATORS, even if you are not in their District.