2 Kicker bills. Local gas tax bill. More …

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon
OregonWatchdog.com

• KICKER THEFT #1:  HB 4125 manipulates the formula on how the Kicker is determined.  Please contact your lawmaker on this bill. Go to the Legislature front page here.  Click on Find-your-lawmaker feature at the bottom right of the webpage.  Put inyour address.  It will show you your State Senator and State Representative.  Call and email both and tell them not to take your Kicker with HB 4152.

• KICKER THEFT #2 (Wednesday hearing): SJR 201 is a Constitutional Amendment to be referred to voters for approval that would divert a portion of Kicker tax refunds to education, community colleges and forestry. The bill is up for a hearing on Feb 18th in the Senate Finance and Revenue Committee  02/18/2026 8:00 AM, HR A .  Click here and then hit “online testimony” tab.

• REMOVES RIGHT TO VOTE ON LOCAL GAS TAXES BILL (Monday hearing):  The #23 amendments to HB 4007 would remove the rule that requires local gas taxes by cities and counties to require a vote of the people to be approved.  The bill is HB 4007-23 (which talks about bike helmets and micromobility bikes) but the new language is amendment #23 seen here.  You can testify online here.

• SUE BUSINESSES INTO OBLIVION BILL (House Floor): HB 4007 puts more businesses under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act.

• SUPERFUND (FEE) CLIMATE BILL:Senate Bill 1541 is a bill that empowers state agencies to come up with a master invoice of what they think of any negative impact done by energy companies over the last 30 years. This will then set the stage for fining these energy companies possible by the billions.  Read more here (Senator Brock Smith) and here (Taxpayers Association).

• LIMITS BILLS BY LEGISLATURE: HB 4002 limits the number of bills a lawmaker can propose to 25.  This hamstring the minority party and it results in more surprise gut-and-stuff of existing bills.

• REPUBLICAN PAUSE: Capitol rumor has it that Republican House and Senate lawmakers may stop the fast tracking of bills by not excusing any procedure (like the full verbal reading of bills).  By forcing both chambers to conduct business under normal pace may  ruin the calendar of bills trying to be ramrodded through the Legislature.

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