Committee review of dash 13 to House Bill 2025 outlines one-time tax increases, 50/30/20 distribution and new RV program

Co-chairs of the Joint Committee on Transportation Reinvestment convened an informational hearing June 16 to review the chairs' dash 13 amendment to House Bill 2025, a wide-ranging fiscal and policy package that folds in provisions from other measures including House Bill 3209.

The amendment, presented by Senior Deputy Legislative Counsel Heidi Elliott and senior deputy counsel Allen Dale, would convert some multi‑biennium fee rollouts into one‑time increases beginning July 1, 2028; change gas‑tax indexing rules; and direct a new revenue split of 50% to the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), 30% to counties and 20% to cities. "Section 1, the performance review will now be biennial for both components of the performance review," Elliott said while walking through the amendment. Allen Dale summarized an indexing change: it "changes the ongoing gas tax indexing to year to year indexing for…