Oregon Citizens Lobby

SB 1519 Adjusts wages for the disabled

Posted on February 26, 2026 by Donna | 0 Comments

SB 1519 – Changes the percentage of Average Weekly Wage (AWW) paid for Temporary Total Disability and for Permanent Total Disability by increasing it for lower incomes and decreasing it for middle to higher incomes. Although it is good to increase the percentage for lower incomes for TTD’s it actually drops the percentage for PTD’s. People who are “middle “income…

HB 4094 Get paid vacation when terminating employment

Posted on February 18, 2026 by Donna | 0 Comments

HB 4094 – Requires employers who provide paid vacation time to compensate employees for all earned or accrued but unused paid vacation time when employment terminates. Key Provisions: Mandatory payout: Employers must compensate employees at 100% of their regular pay rate for all earned/accrued but unused paid vacation time when employment ends, following the same timeline as final wages under…

SJR 202 Adds day to regular session when quorum fails

Posted on February 12, 2026 by Donna | 0 Comments

SJR 202 – Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to extend the duration of a regular session of the Legislative Assembly by one calendar day for each day that the Senate or the House of Representatives fails to achieve a quorum after attempting to do so. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at…

SB 1541 Retroactive cost recovery for climate change

Posted on February 12, 2026 by Donna | 0 Comments

SB 1541 – Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program as an interagency response to the effects of climate change. Back again from the 2025 session is this illegal retroactive cost recovery that will make energy costs go up. A cap-and-trade program was implemented to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions costing some to buy credits. Now they want to double tax…

SB 1580 Taxes media on advertising revenue

Posted on February 11, 2026 by Donna | 0 Comments

SB 1580 – aims to address the decline of local journalism by requiring tech platforms to share advertising revenue with news organizations whose content they distribute. The bill specifically references Google and Meta’s alleged monopolistic practices and their impact on local news outlets (18 Oregon outlets closed 2022-2025). SB 1580 aims to force social media companies into certain hamstrung agreements with Oregon…

HB 4150 Prohibits business transporting people for deportation

Posted on February 10, 2026 by Donna | 0 Comments

HB 4150 – persons who contract with the state or get grants from the state must promise not to help transport people for deportation. Directs state agencies to require prospective contractors, subcontractors and grant recipients to attest that they do not and will not transport individuals detained by federal agencies for the purpose of deportation, except in accordance with judicial…