Committees · 2011 Regular Session
Finance and Revenue
Members
As the committee stood at the end of the term. Each name leads to the member's page.
Ginny BurdickChair
Democrat · 18th District
Frank MorseVice-chair
Republican · 8th District
Democrat · 14th District
Republican · 27th District
Bills
Bills sent to the committee in the 2011 Regular Session.
Bills sent104
7% of the bills the Senate sent to committees
Reported out40%
42 of 104; 62 stopped in committee
Time in committee38 days
most between 21 and 63 days
Amendments offered3
committee amendments
In every session
Each session over its whole term. The 2026 is so far.
202611 bills
reported 73% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 5 members
2025133 bills
reported 32% · typically 70 days, most 31–108 · 4 amendments · 5 members
202417 bills
reported 71% · typically 11 days, most 2–18 · 0 amendments · 5 members
2023100 bills
reported 43% · typically 50 days, most 19–76 · 1 amendment · 5 members
202214 bills
reported 71% · typically 9 days, most 7–16 · 1 amendment · 5 members
2021112 bills
reported 40% · typically 42 days, most 22–66 · 0 amendments · 5 members
20209 bills
reported 89% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 5 members
2019113 bills
reported 58% · typically 35 days, most 27–50 · 4 amendments · 5 members
201814 bills
reported 86% · typically 4 days, most 1–7 · 1 amendment · 5 members
2017112 bills
reported 51% · typically 36 days, most 24–63 · 2 amendments · 5 members
201616 bills
reported 75% · typically 5 days, most 3–12 · 1 amendment · 5 members
2015103 bills
reported 60% · typically 22 days, most 14–39 · 11 amendments · 5 members
201415 bills
reported 67% · typically 10 days, most 7–12 · 0 amendments · 5 members
2013110 bills
reported 45% · typically 36 days, most 17–67 · 2 amendments · 5 members
201213 bills
reported 69% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 4 members
2011104 bills
reported 40% · typically 38 days, most 21–63 · 3 amendments · 4 members
2009107 bills
reported 60% · typically 34 days, most 17–76 · 1 amendment · 5 members
2007154 bills
reported 64% · typically 40 days, most 19–73 · 7 amendments · 5 members
Bills it was sent
Each time a bill was sent to the committee in the 2011 Regular Session, newest first.
104 bills
House Bill 2970 · Modifies conditions under which credit union depositories may act as depositories of public funds.
Sent June 17, 2011 · Reported out after 3 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2563 · Extends sunset date for first year of exemption from ad valorem property taxation for qualified machinery and equipment of food processor.
Sent June 15, 2011 · Reported out after 1 day · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3058 · Excludes sales representing business done with or for cooperative members from definition of "Oregon sales" for purposes of corporate minimum tax imposed on agricultural cooperatives.
Sent June 10, 2011 · Reported out after 7 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3454 · Provides, for purposes of personal income taxation, that subtraction from federal taxable income is not allowed for amounts included in calculation of Oregon net operating loss.
Sent June 8, 2011 · Reported out after 6 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2613 · Allows deposit of public funds in Oregon depository in amount in excess of statutory limit if Oregon depository redeposits funds into insured deposit accounts in other financial institutions, redeposited funds are federally insured and Oregon depository receives amount of deposits from other financial institutions in at least equal amount.
Sent May 27, 2011 · Reported out after 12 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2679 · Authorizes Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to enter compact with other states to allocate among states premium taxes paid to insured's home state.
Sent May 24, 2011 · Reported out after 22 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2572 · Allows party to property tax appeal in which real market value of components of property tax account is appealed to seek determination from body or tribunal of total real market value of property tax account, real market value of any or all other components of account, or both.
Sent May 18, 2011 · Reported out after 15 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2543 · Revises homestead property tax deferral program by imposing maximum net worth limit and minimum homestead residence requirement on claimants and maximum real market value limit on homestead.
Sent May 17, 2011 · Reported out after 31 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2541 · Replaces inheritance tax imposed on basis of former federal credit for state death tax with estate tax imposed as percentage of Oregon taxable estate and modifies related provisions.
Sent May 12, 2011 · Reported out after 28 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 984 · Authorizes Director of the Employment Department to redetermine benefit cost rate, account reserve ratio and percentage rate at any time upon written request of political subdivision.
Sent May 12, 2011 · Reported out after 19 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2546 · Allows, for certain claimants, late filing of claim for exemption from property taxation for five tax years prior to current tax year.
Sent May 10, 2011 · Reported out after 41 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3261 · Provides for issuance of tax warrants without Department of Revenue direction to county sheriff to seize and sell taxpayer's real and personal property.
Sent May 10, 2011 · Reported out after 23 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3543 · Changes method by which surplus "kicker" refunds are made to personal income taxpayers from payment to credit.
Sent April 28, 2011 · Reported out after 25 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2179 · Specifies that ordinances by county with population of 350,000 or more may impose, until July 1, 2013, registration fees only for purposes related to funding bridge that crosses Willamette River.
Sent April 27, 2011 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 863 · Requires electric companies to collect additional $5 million per year for low-income electric bill payment assistance if certain conditions are met, for maximum period of two years.
Sent April 27, 2011 · Reported out after 26 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2354 · Extends sunset date for property tax exemption for tax-exempt corporation low income housing to tax years beginning before July 1, 2027.
Sent April 26, 2011 · Reported out after 20 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2476 · Removes requirement that county assessor submit to county board of review information on income-approach factors used to arrive at values for farm use of farmland.
Sent April 25, 2011 · Reported out after 21 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2569 · Authorizes county assessor to order deferred billing credit to taxpayer if dollar amount in dispute in property tax appeal exceeds $1 million.
Sent April 12, 2011 · Reported out after 27 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2612 · Specifies that limit on aggregate amount of public funds deposits that may be held by depository applies only to uninsured public funds.
Sent April 7, 2011 · Reported out after 20 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3017 · Extends, except for purpose of specified corporate excise or income tax credit, sunset date of enterprise zone program.
Sent April 4, 2011 · Reported out after 53 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
84 more
Senate Bill 971 · Directs state agencies to deposit moneys that agencies receive through imposition of fees, fines or civil penalties into General Fund and not into other funds account continuously appropriated to agency.
Sent April 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 87 days
Senate Bill 968 · Directs, for biennia beginning on or after July 1, 2013, Legislative Assembly to leave amount unappropriated for biennium if Legislative Assembly determines that percentage increase in available General Fund revenues is greater than increase in personal income growth.
Sent April 1, 2011 · Reported out after 38 days · did not pass the Senate
House Bill 3188 · Requires counties to deposit moneys received from State Lottery Fund for purpose of furthering economic development in dedicated fund .
Sent March 30, 2011 · Reported out after 63 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 966 · Reduces tax rates for personal income taxpayers by modifying income tax brackets.
Sent March 30, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 92 days
Senate Bill 751 · Defines "information services" to mean offering capability to generate, acquire, store, transform, process, retrieve, utilize or make available information through communications, including electronic publishing.
Sent March 21, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 101 days
House Bill 3368 · Modifies provisions relating to mailing, notice and publication in certain tax statutes.
Sent March 18, 2011 · Reported out after 59 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 953 · Directs Legislative Assembly, at odd-numbered year regular sessions, to consider bill that lists all state agency fees adopted by rule and that authorizes increase in amount of each fee by percentage amount equal to percentage increase in Consumer Price Index.
Sent March 16, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 106 days
Senate Bill 954 · Modifies day of month Department of Revenue pays moneys in County Assessment Function Funding Assistance Account to counties.
Sent March 14, 2011 · Reported out after 50 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2071 · Authorizes Department of Revenue to require filing of income and excise tax returns by electronic means.
Sent March 7, 2011 · Reported out after 51 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2478 · Requires taxpayer to file appeal of assessed or specially assessed value of land or improvements of principal or secondary industrial property in tax court.
Sent March 7, 2011 · Reported out after 63 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2570 · Provides exception to tax lien for taxes owed on omitted property if property is transferred to bona fide purchaser in prior tax year after date on which tax roll is certified and prior to date of lien.
Sent March 7, 2011 · Reported out after 63 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 797 · Creates income tax credit for cost of professional services required to resolve erroneous charge billed to or otherwise imposed on taxpayer by state agency.
Sent March 1, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 121 days
Senate Bill 921 · Moves Office of Economic Analysis from Oregon Department of Administrative Services to Portland State University.
Sent February 28, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 122 days
Senate Bill 818 · Requires property to be classified based on highest and best use of land for purposes of property tax assessment roll.
Sent February 25, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 125 days
Senate Bill 824 · Allows deferral of gain, for purposes of state personal income taxes, on sale or other disposition of capital assets if proceeds are reinvested in qualified business interest, qualified investment fund or qualified business asset.
Sent February 25, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 125 days
Senate Bill 882 · Allows accelerated depreciation of capital assets for income tax purposes.
Sent February 25, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 125 days
Senate Bill 883 · Creates subtraction from federal taxable income for net long-term capital gain.
Sent February 25, 2011 · Reported out after 73 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 884 · Repeals Ballot Measure 66 (2010).
Sent February 25, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 125 days
Senate Bill 752 · Authorizes metropolitan service district to form facilities district in same manner allowed for other service districts for purposes of acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of facilities for publicly owned natural areas, open space, trails and regional parks.
Sent February 23, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 127 days
Senate Bill 753 · Directs Legislative Assembly to leave amount unappropriated for biennium if Legislative Assembly determines that percentage increase in available General Fund revenues exceeds increase in rate of population and inflation.
Sent February 22, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 128 days
Senate Bill 754 · Establishes within Emergency Reserve Fund, established in Senate Joint Resolution 26 (2011), Higher Education Stability Subaccount.
Sent February 22, 2011 · Reported out after 76 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 714 · Reduces rate of tax on capital gains of personal income and corporate income and excise taxpayers.
Sent February 18, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 132 days
Senate Bill 715 · Creates subtraction for net capital gain for purposes of personal income and corporate income and excise taxation.
Sent February 18, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 132 days
Senate Bill 696 · Authorizes counties to impose taxes on malt beverages and wine.
Sent February 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 133 days
Senate Bill 664 · Provides for annual adjustment, based on U.S. City Average Consumer Price Index, of threshold for filing inheritance tax return.
Sent February 15, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 135 days
Senate Bill 683 · Creates income or corporate excise tax credit for taxpayer that creates or maintains employment positions.
Sent February 15, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 135 days
Senate Bill 692 · Removes prohibition against imposition of taxes by county on cigarettes and tobacco products.
Sent February 15, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 135 days
Senate Bill 694 · Defines "transient lodging tax collector" as transient lodging provider or transient lodging intermediary.
Sent February 15, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 135 days
Senate Bill 703 · Modifies income tax credit allowable for political contributions to include contributions to food bank or other charitable, nonpolitical organization.
Sent February 15, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 135 days
Senate Bill 625 · Reduces rate of tax on capital gains of personal income and corporate income and excise taxpayers.
Sent February 11, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 139 days
Senate Bill 658 · Raises to 21 percent minimum difference in values necessary to require tax court to order change or correction to property tax assessment of dwelling.
Sent February 11, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 139 days
Senate Bill 189 · Authorizes Klamath County to expend forest reserve moneys received from federal government for patrolling county roads.
Sent February 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 146 days
Senate Bill 595 · Directs Legislative Revenue Officer and public institution of higher education to prepare revenue estimate in January of odd-numbered year of total anticipated revenues for next biennium.
Sent February 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 146 days
Senate Bill 596 · Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to prepare, in January of odd-numbered year, estimate of revenue available for next biennium and present estimate to organizational session of Legislative Assembly.
Sent February 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 146 days
Senate Bill 597 · Directs Legislative Assembly to leave unappropriated three percent of amount of General Fund revenues estimated to be available for biennium.
Sent February 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 146 days
Senate Bill 7 · Creates income tax credit for creation of new employment positions by taxpayer.
Sent January 18, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
Senate Bill 8 · Creates subtraction from taxable income for net capital gain that is invested in certain businesses.
Sent January 18, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
Senate Bill 13 · Prohibits semi-independent state agencies from borrowing money in manner that could be construed as incurring debt or obligation of State of Oregon or as pledge of full faith and credit or taxing power of State of Oregon.
Sent January 18, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
Senate Bill 40 · Allows Attorney General to issue order disqualifying charitable organization from receiving contributions that are deductible for purpose of Oregon income tax and corporate excise tax if Attorney General finds that charitable organization has failed to expend at least 30 percent of total annual functional expenses on program services when those expenses are averaged over most recent three fiscal years.
Sent January 18, 2011 · Reported out after 79 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 59 · Authorizes Department of Revenue to require withholding as payment of state income tax owed by persons contracting with state.
Sent January 18, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
Senate Bill 304 · Requires county to pay attorney fees and expenses allowed in property tax proceeding involving locally assessed property.
Sent January 18, 2011 · Reported out after 57 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 307 · Expands allowable purposes for new or increased local transient lodging tax to include funding of tourism-related services.
Sent January 18, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
Senate Bill 443 · Extends sunset on provision allowing federal forest reserve moneys in Douglas County road fund and Lane County road fund to be used for law enforcement purposes.
Sent January 18, 2011 · Reported out after 87 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 452 · Limits amount of appeal fee that city or county may charge for quasi-judicial review of city or county decisions on land use application.
Sent January 18, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
Senate Bill 466 · Directs state agencies to deposit moneys agencies receive through imposition of civil penalties into General Fund and not into other funds account continuously appropriated to agency.
Sent January 18, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
Senate Bill 541 · For purposes of local transient lodging taxes, expands definition of "tourism promotion" to include maintaining public health, safety and welfare of residents and tourists in connection with tourism and of "tourism-related facility" to include improvements on or adjacent to unimproved scenic and historic areas and open spaces intended substantially for use by tourists.
Sent January 18, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
Senate Bill 542 · For purposes of local transient lodging taxes, expands definition of "tourism-related facility" to include road that serves tourist destination.
Sent January 18, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
Senate Bill 15 · Eliminates four-year limitation on carrying forward amounts contributed to college savings network account.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 17 · Excludes from qualified withdrawals, for purposes of tax-exempt college savings network accounts, withdrawal from college savings network account if proceeds from withdrawal are deposited in account at financial institution in another state.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 19 · Authorizes State Treasurer to issue Article XI-Q bonds, subject to biennial budget authorization for bond issuance, to finance costs associated with real or personal property that is or will be owned or operated by State of Oregon.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 49 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 20 · Authorizes public bodies that borrow money under provisions of ORS chapter 287A to issue refunding bonds to purchase outstanding bonds of public body.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 103 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 115 · Modifies statutory basis for Oregon University System to cause issuance of higher education revenue bonds.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 166 · Temporarily increases interest rates for tax deficiencies or delinquencies.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 298 · Requires interest on moneys in General Fund to be deposited into Oregon Rainy Day Fund.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 299 · Changes method by which surplus "kicker" refunds are made to personal income taxpayers.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 301 · Updates connection date to federal Internal Revenue Code and other provisions of federal tax law.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 33 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 303 · Limits receipt of surplus "kicker" revenue refunds to taxpayers who file returns for tax year on which distribution calculation is based within five calendar years of original due date of returns.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 306 · Modifies requirements by which county may elect to form district.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 38 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 310 · Creates and adjusts sunset dates for certain exemptions to property taxation.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 311 · Bases corporate minimum tax levied on C corporations on level of business activity in state.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 312 · Directs Legislative Assembly to leave unappropriated two percent of amount of General Fund revenues estimated to be available for biennium.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 313 · Repeals statutory provisions establishing Oregon Rainy Day Fund if amendment to Oregon Constitution proposed by Senate Joint Resolution 10 (2011) is approved by people.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 322 · Includes commercial uses of multiple-unit housing as allowable uses for purposes of exemption from property taxation.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 75 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 323 · Extends sunset date of multiple-unit housing exemption from property taxation to 2022.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 324 · Authorizes collection agencies engaged by Department of Revenue to collect delinquent taxes and to issue tax warrants, liens and writs of attachment and garnishment.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 325 · Requires Department of Revenue to allow personal income taxpayers to file returns electronically.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 326 · Replaces inheritance tax imposed on basis of former federal credit for state death tax with estate tax imposed as percentage of Oregon taxable estate.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 335 · Decreases income tax rate for individuals with taxable income above $125,000 for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2012.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 336 · Reduces rate of tax on certain capital gains of personal income taxpayers.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 349 · Increases percentage of federal earned income credit allowable as credit against Oregon personal income tax in each of four consecutive tax years.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 453 · Allows school to qualify as remote small elementary school for purposes of weighting in State School Fund distribution formula if school is not within eight miles of school in same school district.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 151 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 465 · Transfers portion of ending balance from dedicated or continuously appropriated other funds accounts to General Fund at end of each biennium.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 470 · Reduces monthly interest on delinquent property tax payments to lesser of prime rate plus one percent, multiplied by one-twelfth, or two-thirds of one percent.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 471 · Establishes connection to federal law for provisions related to bonus depreciation and expensing.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 472 · Decreases personal income tax rates imposed on income that is distributive share of partnership income, income of shareholder of S corporation or trade or business income of sole proprietor.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 500 · Establishes Oregon Other Funds Reserve Fund.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 553 · Requires interest on moneys in General Fund to be deposited into Oregon Rainy Day Fund.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Reported out after 133 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 564 · Exempts from property taxation items of tangible personal property used exclusively on owner's farm parcel primarily to promote sale of products produced on parcel and on other local farm parcels.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
Senate Bill 286 · Directs Legislative Revenue Officer to prepare quarterly revenue estimates.
Sent January 12, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 169 days
Senate Bill 297 · Makes technical changes in Oregon tax statutes.
Sent January 12, 2011 · Reported out after 54 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 302 · Extends eligibility for amended repayment schedule to additional taxes due to correction of property tax roll made on or after May 27, 2008, and before May 27, 2010, to the extent additional taxes were outstanding on November 1, 2010.
Sent January 12, 2011 · Reported out after 63 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 305 · Allows Department of Revenue to grant extensions, for good cause shown, for taxes to be paid under installment payment agreements by participants in tax amnesty program.
Sent January 12, 2011 · Reported out after 48 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 308 · Provides for early repeal of pilot project that requires applicants for certain occupational or professional licenses to demonstrate and maintain tax compliance as condition of issuance or renewal of license.
Sent January 12, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 169 days
Senate Bill 509 · Requires Department of Revenue to provide free electronic filing of personal income tax returns to all taxpayers, regardless of age or taxable income.
Sent January 12, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 169 days