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LRO outlines small personal-income tax for wildlife funding; committee hears mixed reactions

2694657 · March 19, 2025
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Representative Ken Helm introduced a proposal (House Bill 3856) to add a small personal-income tax dedicated to the state wildlife fund; the Legislative Revenue Office summarized the mechanism and revenue estimates and the Oregon Hunters Association asked the committee to pass the bill to Revenue for further review.

Representative Ken Helm introduced House Bill 3856 in the House Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water Committee on March 19, proposing a small new personal income tax to provide dedicated funding to the State Wildlife Fund.

Representative Helm described a long-standing funding shortfall for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and said the bill would create a new personal income tax—labeled in Legislative Revenue Office materials as the wildlife personal income tax—set at…

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