Oregon Citizens Lobby

HB 4134 Increases state transient lodging tax

Posted on March 3, 2026 by Donna | 1 Comments

HB 4134 – Increases the state transient lodging tax. Changes the name of the Oregon Conservation Strategy Subaccount to the Recovering Oregon’s Wildlife Fund Subaccount. Amendment modifies the revenue to be distributed from the increase transient lodging tax to the Recovering Oregon’s Wildlife Fund Subaccount from 1.0 percentage point to 0.9 percentage points. Directs the 0.1 percentage points remaining to…

SB 1507B Addbacks to federal income tax form

Posted on February 24, 2026 by Donna | 0 Comments

SB 1507 – Oregon’s tax code automatically tracks the federal tax code. When Congress passed Trump’s tax cuts in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act (BBB),” Oregon faced losing nearly $900 million in state revenue during the current two-year budget cycle. SB 1507 attempts to recapture much of that by “disconnecting” Oregon from certain federal tax provisions. This also takes…

SB 1586 Rezone farmland for semiconductor centers

Posted on February 23, 2026 by Donna | 2 Comments

SB 1586 – The Act would change the tax credit for semiconductor research. The Act would set up and change some tax breaks for advanced manufacturing, enterprise zones and regionally significant industrial sites. The Act would direct certain state agencies to set up deadlines to process applications for permits and to make the deadlines public. The Act would make those…

SB 1511A Adjusts estate taxes with increases

Posted on February 20, 2026 by Donna | 0 Comments

SB 1511 – Requires the Legislative Revenue Officer to study the estate tax. Directs the Legislative Revenue Officer to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to revenue not later than December 1, 2027. AMENDED BILL: • Estates less than $2.5 million do not owe tax • Estates at/over $3 million = 100% tax from table…

HB 4126 Step toward converting to pre-mile road usage charge

Posted on February 18, 2026 by Donna | 0 Comments

HB 4126 – Requires ODOT biennially recommend a rate for per-mile road usage charge (RUC) that would raise the money needed to keep up the highways in the state and it is declared an emergency bill. RUC puts the whole burden on Oregonians and a heavier burden on low-income households. RUC can lead to higher costs for drivers (see HB4009),…

SJR 201 Constitutional amendment to use kicker for education

Posted on February 18, 2026 by Donna | 2 Comments

SJR 201 – proposes amending the Oregon Constitution to require a portion of the surplus revenue that would otherwise be returned to personal income taxpayers to be used for funding public K-12 education, community colleges and wildfire prevention and suppression, if the revenue exceeds a certain threshold. At least this bill, if passed would go to the voters. This is…

HB 4136 Ends tax deduction for interest on 2nd home

Posted on February 16, 2026 by Donna | 1 Comments

HB 4136 – Ends tax deduction for mortgage interest paid on 2nd home Establishes another money account (Oregon Homeownership Opportunity Account) and they put all the “tax deduction” money in that account. Then $ goes to Housing & Community Services Dept for their discretion, to such things as: rent assistance, grants to homeless, helps pay utilities, and provides resources to…

HB 4009 Per-mile road charge

Posted on February 14, 2026 by Donna | 0 Comments

HB 4009 – Changes a voluntary program to a mandatory per-mile road usage charge for owners/lessees of EV’s, hybrid vehicles and delivery vehicles engaged in e-commerce. Allows a mandatory flat rate yearly fee in lieu of per-mile charge. Pauses certain EV rebates and limits one rebate type to one per household. Taxation without representation – charges are automatically adjusted based…

SB 1581 Provides breakfast for all K-12 students

Posted on February 13, 2026 by Donna | 0 Comments

SB 1581 – explanation is “Requires school districts to offer lunch and breakfast to students at no charge, regardless of income”. Amendments and discussion on SB 1581 added that it may allow exceptions such as only letting a school provide the breakfast for students under the poverty level by 300%. Others want free breakfast for all — regardless of income….

HB 4125 STEALS KICKER

Posted on February 8, 2026 by Donna | 0 Comments

HB 4125 – The Act adds detail for methods of making estimates of how much tax money comes into the General Fund. Prescribes methodology for the preparation of revenue estimates used in the budgeting process and as applicable to the surplus revenue refund process. Applies to estimates prepared on or after January 1, 2027. Requires the Department of Revenue to…