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Kyle Easton of the Legislative Revenue Office said the credit was highest during 2007–08 when many parks closed and has been near zero in recent years; LRO expects usage to remain low unless closures recur. The credit is refundable, so taxpayers need not have tax liability to receive the benefit. Easton also noted that state law includes direct-payment obligations for park owners when a park closes; those payments are separate from the tax credit and vary by single/double/triple-wide units.

John Van Laningham of Oregon Law Center and Lane County Legal Aid testified in support of SB 122, noting past years saw several dozen park closures affecting thousands of spaces and that closures can force residents to lose their homes or incur substantial moving costs.

No committee vote was taken at the hearing.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Senate Committee On Finance and Revenue 03/12/2025 8:00 AM","oneSentenceSummary","A hearing on SB 122 considered a refundable $5,000 credit for residents displaced when manufactured-dwelling parks close. The Legislative Revenue Office said usage has declined as closures fell; legal-aid advocates supported extension as a safety net.","taxTitle","Finance and Revenue, Senate, Committees, Legislative, Oregon","taxId",17809,"location","Oregon","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6281025,"Committee hears extension of certain retirement income tax credit; analysts note phaseout and aging-index issues",223,3444305,3667365,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2608560-96c91fd836e28bd9ed50be6cb8628f19&start=3444&end=3667","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2608560-96c91fd836e28bd9ed50be6cb8628f19/thumbnail_3444305.jpg","/articles/6281025/Oregon/Committee-hears-extension-of-certain-retirement-income-tax-credit-analysts-note-phaseout-and-aging-index-issues","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6281025-acf47acc768df4d7825660a426f5c45e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771193605&Signature=N2m85ZET9XVBYzOcdZqY95Fn8xBNAAYhOHBS57p3wt0WaCWgOJQG9pbvuBiNopTl2AuBArZNBc-huoeBc2MN2WDrQ99Zhy4~jyMF18N17whQa5J~nAFonjR3TR1lyIm0LJbrx3PMWe0VePGrNXjRdkx85PEm3IVq9Ydjf4W8Ef3jRQQVZQVjQbiUGGSY5xmFB~FbtNWaHSwUZXjQNYqR3pz3vAHWmfrBC0dZxO76vYE3GE0pJebLh8MgPLLqwOm5~f3o0qK2ANL0tYtxPSMLFZ3bvMOgLpI-2kFvfttU5oaxwuDJyasi3ff0-s8mAsFE5BTuyqn~5oag4kXRpnNo9w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue heard a Legislative Revenue Office briefing on Senate Bill 112 on March 12. The bill would extend for six years an existing credit designed to provide tax relief for lower-income taxpayers age 62 or older with qualified pension income.

Kyle Easton of the LRO told the committee the credit equals 9% of qualified pension income for eligible taxpayers and is means-tested. The LRO brief noted the formula and income thresholds were set when the credit was created in the early 1990s and are not indexed to inflation; as a result, the pool of taxpayers who qualify has declined over time. The credit’s design also treats Social Security income differently in the phase-out formulas.

No witnesses were registered for the hearing and no committee action was taken at the session recorded March 12.","Senate Bill 112, which would extend a retirement-income tax credit for low-income seniors, received an LRO briefing. Analysts said the credit’s income thresholds are not indexed to inflation, reducing the number of beneficiaries over time.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6281028,"Senate hears extension of crop-donation tax credit; Oregon Food Bank urges renewal",227,3076305,3303790,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2608560-96c91fd836e28bd9ed50be6cb8628f19&start=3076&end=3303","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2608560-96c91fd836e28bd9ed50be6cb8628f19/thumbnail_3076305.jpg","/articles/6281028/Oregon/Senate-hears-extension-of-crop-donation-tax-credit-Oregon-Food-Bank-urges-renewal","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6281028-2a7801a892327a53646baf156ea28049/orig.mp4?Expires=1771193605&Signature=iOX4r0DMDZjpkga6sfIiibwmIFgDj26g4nmfqLXcf8cw4coyIc1ohK9Wrs4QIAcy8P7YdOZHZgL4IMoD7tjIw7mDTW-BmCq-8-1hKAK4TWaKN8ywior~zaRRP0Pe01XLyhe-P-nhxRiDKGPrD~uMpXOCb3ZYewGtBeP-JNRydYw09ExzN7VqbbtIZ76DGIp7aB6MLzhMWvgM52vtZwGEkVJIIUrZeVa9MrtnB5N-QkAyJT6n3gT9u95GoOnNyFafSFjYMhM635K11vd63Tqbyn8Zm795ahOsjHl5lQJD7Rm9ujVZEt1ixVE-r3i7TL7HrJQ9o4MW2tXGhIyo~i3yEw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue took public testimony March 12 on Senate Bill 108, a six‑year extension of Oregon’s crop-donation tax credit. The credit reimburses agricultural producers for a portion of the wholesale value of crops donated to hunger-relief organizations and is meant to encourage fresh, local food donations.

Kyle Easton of the Legislative Revenue Office said the credit is nonrefundable, equal to 15% of the wholesale market price of donated crops, and has cost roughly $200,000 per year in recent years. Donors may also claim a charitable deduction on federal returns, he said.

Hannah Walters of Oregon Food Bank testified in support, saying SB 108 helps ensure access to fresh and culturally relevant foods across the state. Walters described the credit as “instrumental in encouraging farmers to donate surplus and marketable produce to food banks and hunger relief organizations.”

No committee vote was taken; the hearing record was closed and the committee left the item for further consideration on the floor or subsequent work sessions.","The Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue held a public hearing on SB 108 to extend the crop-donation tax credit. The Legislative Revenue Office estimated the credit costs about $200,000 per year; Oregon Food Bank urged continuation to support donations of fresh, local produce.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6281032,"Senate committee sends DOR statute-of-limitations bill to the floor",82,2920805,3002870,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2608560-96c91fd836e28bd9ed50be6cb8628f19&start=2920&end=3002","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2608560-96c91fd836e28bd9ed50be6cb8628f19/thumbnail_2920805.jpg","/articles/6281032/Oregon/Senate-committee-sends-DOR-statute-of-limitations-bill-to-the-floor","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6281032-d2291464aa78ea5e86cccd9645e1cf8f/orig.mp4?Expires=1771193605&Signature=kPYGOQFiSrfiAOwsjfMIROdKwlkyuIOylgkO29G7OM-OEICnxIkqMHLHW6c8EbAssmM8mFDqXaGK45ucqdIeMvo2Eo5f1WU1elxlYtIhPLPDXRpcz~oEEN3ARr6JPCJ-EcEmv9~PqLBgfKYCgomTh4FBex5TG8VV3pe-DjsAhTAOH-HLUE3mlg7f8YQ95m-jcu-qTHLFChcjTYWg1zRX--tDmyLkpzqR1JeNGZ6SUYcHg433AXknC-Xh7Oj0kIqSleALuOr9hQ4~TnNkqgVMzkDOK73~AEhBM8XcZm08nseJqXM2nWfqBz~FkyQHFQn94se5dViehGRTVvz7v5e~Pw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue voted March 12 to move Senate Bill 799 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation. The bill aligns statute-of-limitations deadlines for taxpayers to request refunds and for the Oregon Department of Revenue (DOR) to adjust tax due across all programs administered by DOR.

Kyle Easton of the Legislative Revenue Office briefed the committee and said the bill replaces program-specific lists with descriptive language applying uniform deadlines across DOR-managed programs. The committee’s materials characterized the fiscal and revenue impacts as minimal.

Vice Chair MacLean moved the bill to the floor; the committee named Senator Starr as the carrier. The motion passed on the committee vote.

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Supporters and critics sparred over whether extending a 2% insurer assessment and a statewide hospital assessment would push individuals and small employers out of commercial coverage and into ERISA plans or the Medicaid program. Senator Caden, who led the amendment drive, said the assessment has driven a substantial payer shift and urged more study: “If you decrease a pool by 20 or 30% in premium to pick up 50 or a hundred million dollars you have really hurt the provider networks,” he told the committee.

The bill as drafted extends two assessments used to draw federal matching funds: an insurer assessment (currently proposed at 2% of certain premiums) and a hospital assessment (a revenue-based assessment sent to CMS as part of an intergovernmental transfer). Legislative Revenue Office materials in the packet estimate the insurer assessment would add roughly $150 million in biennial revenue from the individual and small-group markets and roughly $43 million from school districts, though committee members said some of those estimates remain uncertain.

Senator Daniel Bonham, citing hospital testimony from his district, pressed the committee on the consequences for rural hospitals if commercial payer revenue declines. “A commercially insured birth, the hospital makes about $31,000; a Medicaid birth, they lose $17,000,” Bonham said, arguing that losing commercially insured patients can force service reductions.

Proponents of an amendment labeled A3 (introduced by Senator Caden in committee) asked the committee to exempt individually insured people, small-group plans and school districts from the insurer assessment. They argued the exemption would stop a market shift that has reduced the individual market by about 25–30 percent since the assessment was implemented and would remove roughly $146 million from the bill’s projected biennial revenue, creating a funding gap proponents said could be backfilled by including ERISA-covered plans or by other revenue sources.

Opponents and several committee members warned that carving out groups now could imperil the package before the Legislature and that some of the largest potential offsets — notably a pending or proposed intergovernmental transfer (IGT) tied to a possible Legacy–Oregon Health & Science University alignment — remain uncertain. Senator Caden and others argued that if Legacy were folded into OHSU’s IGT, it could generate roughly $440 million in additional provider assessment revenue over a biennium, a number proponents said would more than cover the exemption.

Committee chair Meek and other members agreed to advance the base bill to provide budget certainty while pledging to draft separate, follow-up legislation for the policy questions raised in the hearing. Representative Rob Nosse, present from the House, said the separate work should focus on policy options rather than immediate revenue changes. The committee kept the record open for additional work and discussion before final floor action.

The committee’s action sends HB 2010A forward while creating a path for additional committee or committee-carried legislation to study ERISA inclusion, alternative assessment mechanisms and potential hold-harmless provisions for schools and small employers.

","The Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue on March 12 voted to move House Bill 2010A to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after hours of debate over how extending insurer and hospital assessments affects premiums, payer mix and schools. Lawmakers agreed to pursue separate legislation to study exemptions and alternatives.","actionData","errors"]

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