l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 2977

Increases the state transient lodging tax.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Rules Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

<b>Digest: The Act increases a tax on short-term lodging. The Act changes the name of a subaccount related to wildlife. The Act lists how moneys from the increase must be distributed. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.7).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act increases a tax on short-term lodging. The Act changes the name of a subaccount related to wildlife. The Act says that moneys from the increase in the tax must be put in a subaccount. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.1).</i>] Increases the state transient lodging tax. Changes the name of the Oregon Conservation Strategy Subaccount to the Recovering Oregon's Wildlife Fund Subaccount. [<i>Transfers moneys attributable to the increase of the state transient lodging tax to the Recovering Oregon's Wildlife Fund Subaccount.</i>]<b> Specifies how moneys attributable to the increase are to be distributed.</b><b> <b>Applies the transient lodging tax increase to transient lodging charges occurring on or after January 1, 2026.</b> Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

8 co-sponsors

Farrah Chaichi, Mark Gamba, Pam Marsh, Jules Walters, Zach Hudson, Rob Nosse, Lesly Muñoz, Tom Andersen

In the Senate

4 co-sponsors

Khanh Pham, Jeff Golden, Suzanne Weber, Floyd Prozanski

Its course

January 13 to June 27, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action16 actions on 14 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Jun 20158 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days

Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and WaterJan 17 to Mar 2769 days

RevenueMar 27 to Jun 1883 days

In the SenateJun 20 to Jun 27 · stopped7 days

Waiting for a committeeJun 20 to Jun 244 days

RulesJun 24 to Jun 27 · stopped3 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the Legislative Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • House of Representatives, third reading36–15

    Passed · Jun 20 · 9 present

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Jun 18

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 13 – Jun 20

  1. Jan 13Introduced
  2. Jan 17Sent to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
  3. Feb 24Heard in Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
  4. Mar 24Heard in Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
  5. Mar 27Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water reported it without a recommendation, and that it go to Revenue
  6. Sent to Revenue
  7. May 8Heard in Revenue
  8. Jun 17Heard in Revenue
  9. Jun 18Revenue recommended it as amended
  10. Jun 19Read a second time
  11. Jun 20Passed the House of Representatives, 36 to 15

In the Senate Jun 23 – Jun 27

  1. Jun 23Arrived in the Senate
  2. Jun 24Sent to Rules
  3. Heard in Rules
  4. Jun 25Heard in Rules
  5. Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 16 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Jan 17Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water with subsequent referral to Revenue.House of Representatives
  3. Feb 24Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  4. Mar 24Work Session held.House of Representatives
  5. Mar 27Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Revenue by prior reference.House of Representatives
  6. Mar 27Referred to Revenue by prior reference.House of Representatives
  7. May 8Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  8. Jun 17Work Session held.House of Representatives
  9. Jun 18Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.House of Representatives
  10. Jun 19Second reading.House of Representatives
  11. Jun 20Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed.House of Representatives
  12. Jun 23First reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  13. Jun 24Referred to Rules.Senate
  14. Jun 24Public Hearing held.Senate
  15. Jun 25Work Session held.Senate
  16. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.Senate