Oregon Legislative Session Ends in Disarray
Oregon’s long session ended without its marquee achievement, as lawmakers failed to deliver a transportation package and left key issues unsettled.
The Takeaway
The Takeaway is a weekly session publication making sense of Oregon politics and policy. Every Friday while the legislature is in session, we publish a review of the week’s prominent topics and controversies. Our readers span from politicians and corporate executives to journalists and every day political junkies.
Jun
23
Transportation Plan Roils Final Week of Oregon Session
With just days remaining in the 2025 legislative session, Oregon lawmakers are grappling with internal party divisions over a $15.5 billion transportation funding plan.
3 min read
Jun
13
Running on Fumes
With just two weeks remaining, Oregon’s legislature is compressing months of work into days. The result is a volatile and unpredictable endgame where the biggest proposals often surface with the smallest amount of notice.
4 min read
May
31
Speed Over Substance: When the Capitol Runs Out of Road
With sine die declared imminent, the Capitol enters its most volatile and least transparent phase.
3 min read
May
16
Deadlines, Detours, and Directionless Drift
With six weeks remaining in the 2025 session, lawmakers are starting to race against the clock, but the final destination is anyone’s guess.
3 min read
Oregon Tax Insider
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Tax Insider for June 23, 2023
The revenue committees normally conclude their work around the same time the Ways & Means Committee finalizes its end-of-session budgets. That is not the case this year, with the tax-writing process running in overdrive with less than 72 hours remaining in the session.
Policy Notes
Policy Notes is an archive of legislative, regulatory, and other relevant policy meetings and updates. If you miss a hearing or find out late that a bill is material for one of your interests, make the process simple by searching our archive. Policy Notes is exclusive to subscribers of Tax Insider.
Senate Finance & Revenue: Thursday, June 22, 2023
The committee held a hearing on several bills previously stuck in the queue due to the walkout.
Jun
22
House Revenue: Thursday, June 22, 2023
The committee held marathon hearings to advance bills from the walkout queue.
4 min read
Jun
20
House Revenue: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 (Afternoon)
The committee advanced a proposal to impose a new tax on monthly telephone bills.
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Jun
20
House Revenue: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 (Morning)
The committee revived an eleventh-hour proposal to extend Oregon’s state and local tax workaround.
2 min read
Jun
20
Joint Tax Expenditures: June 20, 2023
The committee advanced several of the session’s highest profile tax measures.
4 min read