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The purpose for this communication is to inform you about important legislation that is being heard for you to provide testimony and share with your communities and the state of Oregon.
It's easy to provide testimony. You are encouraged to take 5 minutes out of your busy schedules to make a difference and let your voice be heard with written testimony. Verbal Testimonies are also encouraged and there are tabs in the navigation when reading a bill to sign up to verbally testify! Legislators need to hear your voices and encouragement to stand up for Oregon!
Please share with your friends, family, and communities. Oregon is worth fighting for and Oregon needs to hear you! Join us in the Fight for Oregon!
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Fight for Oregon
Listed below are Bills of Concern and Bills to Support that are coming up for Public Hearings this and next week and/or need your voice. We would like to give thanks to Senator David Brock Smith, Representative Virgle Osborne, ODF Wildfire Support Group, Rep. Mark Owens, Rep. Ed Diehl, Rep. Jeff Helfrich, Oregon Citizens Lobby and more for providing the majority of the content of this Alert!
Your testimonies are greatly needed in the fight for Oregon! Our goal is to make it easy for you to testify and share! Anyone can subscribe or unsubscribe to these alerts! Encourage folks to subscribe!
Nervous about testifying? Don't be. It is actually your raw emotion and words that let our legislators truly know how a bill is affecting or may affect you that causes change. Here is a link to learn about testifying and the options you have to testify on <> (Oregon Legislative Information System)
IMPORTANT NOTE: You have up to 48 hours after a Public Hearing to submit written testimony!
This of course does not incapsulate all the bills for the coming week. Bills could also be added to committee agendas at any time and after the work to put this list together. Visit FightforOregon.com Weekly Alerts for a more updated version of this week's bills!
Because we are committed to not inundate your email box AND because Bills are a moving target and change daily, please visit the site for an updated list so you don't miss any bills: FightforOregon.com Weekly Alerts!
IMPORTANT: Bills can be added at any time for Public Hearing, check the schedule here:
https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/Committees/Meeting/List
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For information on how to submit written testimony or register to testify on bills scheduled for a public hearing:
To access links to a livestream or recordings of legislative meetings:
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Register to Testify in Person or Remotely:
- Go to Overview of Bill Page
- Click on "Register to Testify" Tab on that page
- Fill out the appropriate information and submit the form for that Bill.
- If you are testifying remotely by video or phone, an email address and phone # are required. After registering and seeing a confirmation screen, you will receive an email with meeting details. (check spam folder if not).
Note: Registration ends 30 minutes prior to the start of the meeting. After that time, the registration system will close.
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Special Message from Rep. Helfrich:
Make Your Voice Heard in Salem!
We are halfway through the session, and things are going to start heating up. Earlier this week we had the First Chamber deadline, meaning if a bill did not pass out of its policy committee in its chamber of origin, it's dead. So check back in on the bills you have been following, and see if they made it!
Late last week, the Transportation Chairs laid out their framework for addressing the budget shortfall for ODOT, outlining the increases in fees and taxes they believe would stabilize our transportation system. I am a firm believer that before we even start talking increases in revenue, we need to make sure we have accountability in that agency so we make sure we do not end up in the same situation in 10 years. There is a third party entity, spearheaded by Senator Bruce Starr (R), that is diving into the agency's methods and budgets to see what we need to implement in order to achieve that goal.
A series of concerning pieces of legislation passed out of committee or were referred to committees that are still "alive" (more on that here) this last week. Everything from increasing the number of bureaucratic boards, to bills that infringe on our constitutional rights. My office and I will continue to keep an eye on them, and do what we can to stop them from moving forward.
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Special Message from the Minority Leader:
Make Your Voice Heard in Salem!
I want to remind you that your voice is a vital part of the process. The decisions made in Salem this year will impact families and communities across Oregon, and your engagement can help shape the direction we take. Whether it's testifying on a bill, contacting your elected officials, or following the latest updates, there are many ways to get involved and ensure your perspective is heard. Together, we can work toward a safer, more affordable, and prosperous Oregon.
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We WILL be re-starting our Teams Meeting on Sunday evenings at 7:00 PM featuring Representative Virgle Osborne as well as our other Representatives & Senators as they are available to discuss upcoming legislation for the week ahead and answer questions during session! Please join us!
Recurring Meeting Link: <Click Here>
As a reminder, our Legislative Bills Work Day is proceeding as planned:
- Date: Monday, April 14
- Time: Starts at 12:30 PM
- Location: Republican HQ 827 SE Cass, Roseburg
We’re looking forward to seeing you there and appreciate your continued support. Bring a sack lunch and join us in submitting testimonies as you learn how to participate with us.
Rep. Virgle Osborne is launching a podcast! This new initiative will ultimately replace our Sunday Legislative Talks in the future. However, we’ll be sending more details about the podcast soon, so stay tuned for updates.
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HB 2749 - Digest: The Act gives money to ODOT to give to the City of Portland to help design a bridge. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.4). Appropriates moneys ($5 million) to the Department of Transportation for distribution to the City of Portland for the purpose of designing a bridge across Columbia Boulevard. Directs the city to report to the Joint Committee on Transportation on seeking federal funds for the bridge across Columbia Boulevard. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Read Testimonies
Featured Testimony: No opposing testimonies at this writing.
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HB 2990 - Digest: The Act tells ODOT to give a report on how they are changing the written test for Class C driver licenses. They must send this report to the JCT by September 15, 2026. The law will start 91 days after the legislature finishes its session. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.6). Requires the Department of Transportation to provide a report on the progress of revising the written test for Class C driver licenses. Directs the department to submit the report to the Joint Committee on Transportation not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Read Testimonies
Featured Testimony: No opposing testimonies at this writing.
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SB 1134 – Digest: The Act makes a new tax subtraction for the cost of health insurance for a taxpayer's dependents. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Creates an Oregon personal income tax subtraction for premiums paid for medical, dental or vision insurance coverage for a child dependent of the taxpayer. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2032.
Read Testimonies
Featured Testimony: No supporting testimonies at this writing.
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House Committee on Early Childhood and Human Services 8:00 am
SB 64 – Digest: The Act tells ODHS to seek a waiver of certain federal SNAP requirements. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4).
Requires the Department of Human Services to seek a waiver of federal requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in order to allow recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance to receive advance installment payments of the tax credit for dependent care expenses.
Sunsets January 2, 2031.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die
Read Testimonies
Featured Testimony: Oppose Continuous Expansion of this Costly Program!
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Senate Committee on Labor and Business 8:00 am
HB 3020 A – Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed Relating to racing. Digest: The Act makes betting on dog races illegal. (Flesch Readability Score: 82.3).
Prohibits wagering on dog races. Modifies animal racing law to remove references to greyhound racing.
Becomes operative July 1, 2027
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Featured Testimony: National Greyhound Association Opposes!
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House Committee on Behavioral Health and Health Care 3:00 pm
SB 834 - Digest: The Act makes changes to some laws about places that provide mental health treatment. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.8). Prohibits state hospitals from providing inpatient services to individuals who are under 18 years of age. Modifies the description of when a qualifying mental disorder is resistant to treatment for purposes of involuntary civil commitment of an extremely dangerous person. Directs the Oregon Health Authority to designate a licensed physician to serve as the chief medical officer of a state hospital, regardless of whether the superintendent of the hospital is a licensed physician. Requires certain evaluations to be conducted by a certified evaluator.
Read Testimonies
Featured Testimony: No Opposing Testimonies at this writing.
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Joint Committee On Transportation 5:00 pm
HB 2945 - Digest: This Act makes new goals and laws for buying zero-emission school buses. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7).
Establishes the state policy on the purchase of new zero-emission school buses. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to adopt rules to require the purchase of new zero-emission school buses in certain areas. Requires the purchase of new zero-emission school buses if the price is equal to a comparable school bus that is not zero-emission. Directs the department to provide technical and financial assistance to school bus fleet owners.
Establishes the Zero-Emission School Bus Assistance Fund.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Read Testimonies
Featured Testimony: Dangerous Decisions for Rural Communities!
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Special Message from Oregon Citizens Lobby:
Make Your Voice Heard in Salem!
The leadership seems to want to throw kids under the bus. You could stock the bus with porn library books to use to build a bonfire when battery loses charge in cold weather.
This bill puts rural children at risk in rural areas with mountainous terrain and long, snowy winter drives. In these regions, the typical electric bus's range is often insufficient to hold a charge. Cold weather can reduce the range of electric buses by up to 25-35% due to the energy required to maintain battery and cabin temperatures, as well as the reduced efficiency of battery reactions in cold conditions.
The environmental quality of air is not the same in wide-open areas of rural Oregon and there isn't the need to lump rural Oregon with the needs of metro congestion.
Electric buses and the required infrastructure also pose significant financial challenges. One electric school bus can cost upwards of $400,000, with an additional $30,000 per bus for necessary charging infrastructure. These costs can be prohibitive for many school districts, especially those in rural areas.
--Oregon Citizen's Lobby
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Senate Committee On Finance and Revenue 8:00 am
SB 1095 A - Relating to vacant home fees; prescribing an effective date. The Act would let cities and counties impose a fee on homes that are vacant for more than 180 days in a calendar year. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.6).
Authorizes cities and counties to impose a fee on noncommercial residences that are vacant for more than 180 consecutive or cumulative days in a calendar year.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die
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Read Testimonies
Featured Testimony: Oregon Farm Bureau Opposes!
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Senate Committee On Education 3:00 pm
SB 867 A - Relating to investigations by the Department of Education. Digest: Makes many changes to the powers and duties of ODE for investigations at a school or school district. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6).
Prescribes sanctions that the Department of Education may impose when an elementary or secondary school or program is found to be in noncompliance with a discrimination prohibition.
Clarifies the applicability of provisions related to abuse and sexual conduct in schools when an education provider serves only students who have not yet entered kindergarten.
Specifies that provisions related to abuse and sexual conduct in schools apply to any person who provided services as an employee, a contractor, an agent or a volunteer within two calendar years prior to when the incident of suspected sexual conduct was committed.
Eliminates certain information that must be disclosed to certain persons following the completion of an investigation involving suspected sexual conduct at a school.
Requires law enforcement to make available to the department certain information received during investigations of suspected child abuse.
[Modifies standards for determining if a school district or public charter school is involved in religious activity.]
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Read Testimonies
Featured Testimony: Stop Pushing Progressive Woke Agenda on our Children's Education!
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Special Message from Oregon Citizens Lobby:
Make Your Voice Heard in Salem!
My objection is with: Modifies standards for determining if a school district or public charter school is involved in religious activity.
This amends language that goes from specific prohibiting public schools from being [sponsors, financially supports or is actively involved with religious activity] . Replaces it with " is in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or Article I, section 5, of the Oregon Constitution."
The First Amendment US Constitution is misconstrued to be a separation of church from state, where it actual separates state from interfering with church, which makes this whole statue in violation of the US Constitution.
Article I, section 5, of the Oregon Constitution reads, "No money to be appropriated for religion. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury for the benefit of any religeous [sic], or theological institution, nor shall any money be appropriated for the payment of any religeous [sic] services in either house of the Legislative Assembly."
This appears to be a backhanded way of preventing School Choice student accounts from being used at religious sponsored schools. Public schools have always pushed difficult students into private schools, and those willing to take them have primarily been religious sponsored schools. Instead of separating them from funding, the legislature should be thanking them for removing them from public school statistics - otherwise public education would look worse.
--Oregon Citizen's Lobby
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Senate Committee On Finance and Revenue 8:00 am
SB 847 - Digest: The Act makes changes to the health insurance subsidies retired PERS members can get. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7). [Changes the calculation of] Increases the Retirement Health Insurance Account subsidy under the Public Employees Retirement System. Allows members of the Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan to receive the Retiree Health Insurance Premium Account subsidy.
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Featured Testimony: League of Oregon Cities Oppose
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Senate Committee On Finance and Revenue 8:00 am
HB 3499 - Digest: The Act would require that an urban renewal plan or an amendment to a plan be approved by voters. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3).
Requires the approval of an urban renewal plan by the electors of a municipality proposing a plan or a substantial amendment to a plan
Read Testimonies
Featured Testimony: What a Concept, Taxation WITH Representation!
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Senate Committee On Finance and Revenue 8:00 am
SB 1094 - Digest: The Act would create a property tax credit for the home of a person who is on active military duty. The Act would create a property tax credit for the home of a disabled veteran and the veteran's surviving spouse and extend it to a nonprofit home for the elderly in which they live. The Act would phase out both of the current partial exemption programs for such homes. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1). Provides for a property tax credit against the ad valorem taxes imposed on the homestead of a resident serving on active military duty. Provides for a property tax credit for the homesteads of disabled veterans and their surviving spouses, including when they reside in nonprofit homes for elderly persons. Phases out both of the current partial exemption programs for such homesteads.
Read Testimonies
Featured Testimony: No Opposing Testimonies at this writing.
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House Committee on Revenue 3:00 pm
HB 3489 – MAJOR THREAT TO WOOD PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES - Relating to forest products harvest taxation; prescribing an effective date; providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority. Digest: The Act would extend three taxes on the privilege of harvesting forest products and set the new tax rates. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3).
Extends certain taxes on the privilege of harvesting merchantable forest products on forestlands.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die
Read Testimonies
Featured Testimony: No More Taxes that Do No Benefit!
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Joint Committee on Addiction and Community Safety Response 4:00 pm
HB 2072 - Relating to forest products harvest taxation; prescribing an effective date; providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority. Digest: The Act would extend three taxes on the privilege of harvesting forest products and set the new tax rates. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3).
Extends certain taxes on the privilege of harvesting merchantable forest products on forestlands.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die
Read Testimonies
Featured Testimony: No More Taxes that Do No Benefit!
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Special Message from Oregon Citizens Lobby:
Make Your Voice Heard in Salem!
The harvest tax is not easy to administer and raises no revenue for either the counties or schools. Instead, the tax benefits the timber industry, much like a commodity commission. Oregon needs a better system of timber taxation than this bill. Past legislatures eliminated the severance tax that supported schools and public services including local fire departments, which has been a detriment to rural counties. Amounts going to the current programs should be frozen and additional amount should go back to county fire and emergency departments and communities.
--Oregon Citizen's Lobby
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Joint Committee on Addiction and Community Safety Response 5:00 pm
SB 551 A - Digest: This Act changes restrictions on checkout bags and restricts some plastic products. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).
[Digest: This Act puts restrictions on some plastic products. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.8).]
Prohibits restaurants and retailers from providing [reusable plastic] single-use checkout bags to consumers.
Prohibits food and beverage providers and convenience stores from providing single-use plastic utensils or single-use plastic condiment packaging to consumers unless requested.
Prohibits lodging establishments from providing small plastic personal health or beauty product containers unless requested
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Featured Testimony: Already banned styrofoam for my gravy, now my plastic bag to carry it in? Stop Adding Costs to my Food!
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Special Message from Oregon Citizens Lobby:
Make Your Voice Heard in Salem!
The state's responsibility of governing is not micromanaging and creating disunity in the state.
Micromanaging the use of single-use plastic bags to a single use is not a reduction of garbage. We all look for ways to reuse bags. I give mine to non-profit stores, so are forcing non-profits and food banks to charge for bags? The testimony of the Association of Oregon Recyclers is nonsensical that banning reuse would reduce garbage. It will do the opposite if for every use a new bag is required.
Oregon should keep up with current changes. Manufacturers are shifting to eco friendly alternatives such as bioplastics made from renewable resources such as cornstarch or sugarcane. These bioplastics can have a lower carbon footprint and exhibit advantageous materials properties compared to fossil-based plastics. This aims to reduce the amount of raw material going to landfill and minimize the environmental impact of plastic waste.
It's been proven that plastics biodegrade faster than cardboard, so is this a hit on use of fossil fuels, which environmentalists clearly hate? This inconvenience won't do that and the cardboard replacement may make things worse with the false impress it's biodegradable.
What is the purpose or reason for a state law that says the county or city MAY enforce it. That only screams of power grab.
--Oregon Citizen's Lobby
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Joint Committee on Addiction and Community Safety Response 4:00 pm
HB 2901 - Digest: The Act allows a parent to leave a newborn in a safety device if the device meets certain standards. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8). Modifies the safe haven law to allow a parent to anonymously leave an infant in a newborn safety device. Allows an authorized facility to install a newborn safety device. Prescribes standards for newborn safety devices.
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Featured Testimony: No More Taxes that Do No Benefit!
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Senate Committee on Healthcare 3:00 pm
HB 2540 - Digest: The Act allows a parent to leave a newborn in a safety device if the device meets certain standards. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8). Modifies the safe haven law to allow a parent to anonymously leave an infant in a newborn safety device. Allows an authorized facility to install a newborn safety device. Prescribes standards for newborn safety devices.
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Featured Testimony: Ed Diehl Supports!
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STATE BUDGET
5-7PM, HR F
Salem
ASL and Spanish language interpretation will be available at the public hearing.
To access links to a livestream or recordings of legislative meetings:
https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/citizen_engagement/Pages/Legislative-Video.aspx
PLEASE NOTE
• Testimony may be limited to 2-3 minutes.
• Those attending this community hearing in person will be given preference to present public comment by pre-registering to testify.
• The public hearing scheduled on April 16th at the State Capitol in Salem will prioritize remote public testimony for those who wish to participate by video link or phone.
• Written comment may be submitted online up to 48 hours after the meeting start time.
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Joint Committee on Information Management and Technology 1:00 pm
HB 3936 - Digest: Bans the use of AI on state assets if the AI is owned or developed by a foreign corporate entity. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.0). Prohibits any hardware, software or service that uses artificial intelligence from being installed or downloaded onto or used or accessed by state information technology assets if the artificial intelligence is developed or owned by a corporate entity that is incorporated or registered under the laws of a foreign country. Provides for exceptions.
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Featured Testimony: No testimonies in support at this writing
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The proposed Oregon Transportation ReInvestment Package – “TRIP 2025”, is like more like a “psychedelic tax TRIP” for Oregonians. Here is what it really says.
BUYING AND LICENSING A CAR – NOT DRIVING IT YET….
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DMV FEES – Increase Title fees by $90 or around 100%. Current fees range from $90 to $190.
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Increase Vehicle registration FEES - Increase fees by $66. Current vehicle registration fees for gas powered passenger vehicles range from $126-$156. EV’s pay $316 unless they are registered in the OreGo program.
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New Car TAX (also known as the privilege tax passed in 2017 in HB2017 – ironically the last transportation package). Increases the tax applied to new vehicles from 0.5% to 0.8% or a 60%.
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The “New” Car TAX – Which will apply to all new and used cars and be in addition to the privilege tax. It will be a “one time fee of 1% of the vehicle price.
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Tire TAX – Brand new tax that will be 3% for all tires purchased.
ACTUALLY DRIVING
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Weight Mile TAX - Increase it by + 16.9%. These are the fees that trucks pay instead of the fuel tax. Former Senator Boquist and I called for a Special session on this issue in December of 2023 because the weight mile tax was already constitutionally out of balance with the fuel tax.
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Fuel TAX - Raise the current fuel tax of $0.40 per gallon to $0.60 per gallon. The Oregon gas tax was raised last year by 5%. Oregon has the nation’s 10th highest gas tax.
- ***FUTURE FUEL TAX INCREASES WOULD BE INDEXED AND TIED TO INFLATION – NO LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL, NO VOTE, NO INPUT, JUST AUTOMATIC INCREASES***
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Road Usage CHARGE for cars and pickups – pay per mile. Currently this is an optional program for EV vehicles in lieu of higher registration rates. The new program would eventually apply it to ALL vehicles.
- July 2026: Existing EVs
- July 2027: Newly purchased EVs
- July 2028: Plug-In Hybrids
- July 2029: New vehicles rated at 30 MPG or greater (starting with model year 2030).
DON’T DRIVE? – THERE IS A TAX FOR THAT TOO
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Delivery FEE – Businesses with 10 medium duty vehicles (10,000-26,000 pounds – Amazon vans, UPS, Fed Ex, Service providers like Cintas and Aramark, Batteries Northwest, Snap-on Tools, etc.) would be assessed a per mile fee somewhere in between the weight mile rate (which they do not pay today; they pay the gas tax most likely) and the road usage charge.
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Bike TAX increase — Currently the bike tax is $15 this would raise it to $24.9 for all bikes over $200. That is a 63% increase.
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Payroll wage TAX increase - Payroll tax is currently at 0.1%. The increase would take it to 0.18% an 80% increase.
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HB 3944 - Relating to wildfire; declaring an emergency. Digest: The Act repeals laws related to the building code, laws making areas less at risk for wildfire, laws about fire protection for certain lands and a map of wildfire hazard. The Act makes changes related to helping with defensible space. The Act makes changes related to certain areas near forests. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Repeals provisions related to building code standards for wildfire hazard mitigation, defensible space requirements, fire protection for lands outside forest protection districts and the wildfire hazard map. Makes changes related to defensible space. Makes changes related to the wildland-urban interface. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Featured Testimony: Fixed Income families need this passed!
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Special Message from Oregon Property Owners Association:
Make Your Voice Heard in Salem!
REPEAL SB 762!
Legislative schedule for public testimony on HB3944 is April 8th. Register on OLIS web site.
Oregon Property Owners Association endorse this House Bill:
"HB 3944 is a practical, no-nonsense response to the wildfire management challenges Oregon has faced in recent years. The bill repeals the most flawed and overreaching aspects of SB 762—such as the disastrous wildfire hazard maps and burdensome state regulations—while preserving the programs that genuinely protect property owners and reduce wildfire risks.
By emphasizing local control, HB 3944 returns power to the communities most affected by wildfire policies, empowering them to make decisions that reflect their unique needs and circumstances. At the same time, it ensures that taxpayer dollars are spent where they matter most, supporting voluntary efforts to improve defensible space, promote forest thinning, and enhance wildfire readiness in rural Oregon.
Make no mistake, passing this bill will require a unified effort. The road ahead is steep, and success will depend on the collective voices of property owners, local leaders, and all who care about restoring common sense to Oregon’s wildfire program.
We need you to take action—reach out to your legislators, spread the word, and champion this bill and its Senate counterpart. Together, we can repeal these harmful policies, protect property rights, and build a safer, stronger future for our state. Let’s make it happen!"
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JUST SAY YES!!
--Oregon Property Owners Association
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E-Mail Senator Jeff Golden (D) - Ashland
(Chief Sponsor of SB 762)
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Property Owners in Eastern Oregon file Lawsuit!
he OPOA Legal Center, alongside Harney County, Grant County, and a coalition of concerned property owners, filed a lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Forestry and the State Forester.
>>Read More>>
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State Senator David Brock Smith joins us live from Salem for an update on the Wildfire Hazard Map issue
>>Watch Now>>
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Douglas County Town Hall Well Attended!
The Town Hall was held on 2/15/25 at Douglas County Fairgrounds with Representative Virgle Osborne as the main speaker and Senator David Brock Smith, Representatives Court Boice and Alek Skarlatos speaking. Presentations were made by Land Use Consultant Bob Hart and handouts were given encouraging all residents to appeal the fire map!
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JANUARY 30, 2025 | Wildfire Hazard Map TOWNHALL (SB-762) | Josephine County Fairgrounds, 7-9pm
How to Appeal!
Public discussion regarding ODF Wildfire Map letter. Insurance, power bills, taxes, and fees ALL going up. Question and answer session. Over 1,000 Josephine, Douglas, and Jackson County residents attended.
This video is long but chalk full of good information regarding the map and actionable items you can take now. Even if you have not received a letter, you are encouraged to look up your risk rating and appeal. All of the information is in the meeting. Please everyone watch.
Douglas County is in the planning stages of a meeting possibly this or next week, stay tuned!
>>Watch Now>>
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Standing Room Only at Josephine County Senate Bill 762 wildfire Hazard Map Meeting.
The Josephine County Board of Commissioners hosted a Wildfire Hazard Map Town Hall from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 30th, at the Josephine County Fairgrounds Pavilion. Traffic backed up on Redwood Highway near the entrance to the Fairgrounds, and the main parking lots near the Pavilion and Commercial buildings were nearly full. A line to enter the Pavilion stretched from the building to the Commercial Building.
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Critical Wildfire Map & Session Update
January 31, 2025
In this update from Salem, we’ve got good news and we’ve got bad news.
The Good News – You’ve Got Their Attention
Your emails, calls, and messages are being heard in Salem! The Legislature is hearing a lot about the maps and how they impact rural Oregon families. Legislators from both parties are talking about the map and the concerns coming from rural Oregon.
Because of your efforts, the Legislature is considering changes to address some of your issues. There are dozens of wildfire bills already dropped for Session, and we know that more are coming in the next few days that are going to try and address some of your most critical concerns related to the map.Your copy should address 3 key questions: Who am I writing for (audience)? Why should they care (benefit)? What do I want them to do (call-to-action)?
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Rural Oregon Is Under Attack This Session: Take Action to Protect the Right to Live & Work Outside of Town
1/25/25 Oregon Property Owners Association
This legislative session, rural living in Oregon is under siege from land preservation and environmental advocates pushing for a series of bills that threaten the right to live, work, and thrive in rural Oregon. While those who support these bills claim they are intended to “close loopholes” in our planning system, these bills stand as shocking and direct threats to our rural communities and private property rights.
While the advocates for these bills will say they are to “preserve farmland”, the reality is that almost ALL land outside of Oregon cities (97%) is farm or forestland. As such, these bills are attacks on rural living in general.
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Rick Dancer interviews Courtney Bangs, one of Oregon’s most dedicated, fearless, educated and passionate Commissioners that has been silenced and sidelined and is now struggling with how to fund law enforcement, emergency services, fire departments, schools, etc for her county because the Board of Forestry passed an HCP that shuts down 40% of her county’s available harvestable timber - this interview sheds a light on the hypocrisy and mismanagement of our forests.
**Thank you, Rick Dancer, for exposing real issues of Oregonians.
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Bill Meyer Show - January 17, 2025
Discussing SB 762 and Sen. Jeff Golden's Town Hall Meeting. Interviews and more.
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JANUARY 16, 2025 SENATOR JEFF GOLDEN TOWN HALL MEETING | MEDFORD, OR
This meeting was *after* certified letters were received by property/homeowners in High Risk areas according to the Wildfire Risk Map. Residents showed up unexpectedly at this town hall and the following link is a recording of that town hall. We believe it is very important for you to listen to this town hall meeting.
>>Watch Now>>
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Fix Our Forest Act
Watch this presser by House Republican leaders to hear about the Fix our Forest Act which was passed by the House on 1/23/25.
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