Because it involves redirection of tax dollars, Golden's kicker bill, SB 1177, will require two-thirds support in both the House and Senate to pass.

As the Oregon legislative session winds down, some lawmakers hope to change the state's kicker. One bill would curb kicker ...

Kotek’s statement was a de-facto endorsement of a bill — Senate Bill 1177 — authored by state Sen. Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, that would use “surplus revenues (the kicker) for wildfire ...

As the legislative session winds down, some lawmakers are hoping to push through kicker reforms — one of which would allocate more funding to schools. House Bill 3659 addresses a need parents and ...

The measure, House Bill 3940, would tax oral nicotine products and tap the interest on Oregon’s rainy day savings account and put the money toward wildfire mitigation.

Some Republicans oppose Kotek's plan to use Oregon's $1.64B kicker for wildfire funding, ... Although he believes that the bill — Senate Bill 1177 — is getting serious consideration this ...