HB 4090 — Authorizes a county with a population of 700,000 or more to, by ordinance, identify zones within the county where the Department of Transportation has estimated that median household income is less than $____ and to reduce or eliminate county registration fees within those zones.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-17
Digest: The Act permits a large county to reduce or get rid of county vehicle fees in zones for which ODOT finds median income is less than $____. The Act also permits a large county to adopt a plan to use fee moneys for projects with areas listed in the plan, instead of the usual ways fee moneys are used. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Authorizes a county with a population of 700,000 or more to, by ordinance, identify zones within the county where the Department of Transportation has estimated that median household income is less than $____ and to reduce or eliminate county registration fees within those zones. Authorizes a county with a population of 700,000 or more to establish a regional allocation plan and allocate county registration fee revenues derived from sub-areas identified in the plan to specific transportation projects within those sub-areas. Requires counties that adopt fee reduction or elimination ordinances or regional allocation plans to annually report to affected cities and to the Legislative Assembly on specified effects of these decisions. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Latest action: — In House Committee
Sponsors
- Ruiz, Ricki (D, OR-50) — sponsor
- Gorsek, Chris (D, OR-25) — sponsor
- Rieke Smith, Sue (D, OR-26) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · state_lower — First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
- · state_lower — Referred to Transportation with subsequent referral to Revenue.
- · state_lower — In committee upon adjournment.
Text versions
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gorsek, Chris (D, state_upper OR-25) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Ruiz, Ricki (D, state_lower OR-50) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Rieke Smith, Sue (D, state_lower OR-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no