We won! Gas tax dies. Hotel tax dies. Google tax dies!

Session ends with death of gas tax HB 2025, hotel tax HB 2977, Google tax SB 686
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon
OregonWatchdog.com

The 2025 Oregon Legislative Session ended on Friday night with only two days left before the cut-off deadline on June 29th.

The end to the 6-month Session found a desperate, sneaky, and dangerous attempt to cram last-minutes taxes down taxpayers throats when they were not looking.

The $2 billion dollar gas tax/road tax transportation bill (HB 2025) waited until the final days of entire 6-month session to become known.  The details of the massive tax were not even fully made public as they were having public hearings on them. It was a scam and a sham to hide taxes during a public hearing.   This gas tax/road tax transportation bill died in committee as a colossal failure.  And yes, Governor Kotek tried to save the bill at the last minute with veto threats according to Capitol insiders.

Also, a last-minute effort to pass a hotel tax (Hb 2977) to fund wildlife tried to squeak by.  This was a massive 80% hotel tax increase for something that had nothing to do with hotels.

Also, racing to the end was a $120 million Google/Facebook tax (SB 686) that tried to pass.   Under Senate Bill 686, the politicians tried to pass a bill forcing Google and Facebook to pay $122 million to a non-profit that would distribute the money to local newspapers.   Because government never touched the money, the politicians declared that it wasn’t a tax and could be enacted without the 60% vote requirement to pass new taxes.    If it wasn’t a tax — why does SB 686 cost $122 million?   This massive tax also failed at the last minute.

Downright shameful, that politicians tried to trick taxpayers.

Thank you to everyone that called your lawmaker and Facebook liked, emailed and Tweeted about these taxes over the past 6 months.

You, valiant online keyboard warriors, are the real champions.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you for the big team work against the gas tax HB 2025, hotel tax HB 2977, Google tax SB 686 and all other big new taxes of the 2025 Oregon Legislature.

Bless your kindness and hard work.

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