Oregon 2025R1 Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 20 R · 9 D cosponsors

SB 545 — Establishes an income tax credit for volunteer firefighters.

Last action — In Senate Committee

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced January 24, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Advancing 42% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 30 sponsors

    13 primary, 17 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (20 R · 9 D) — cross-party backing.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

Digest: The Act makes a new tax credit for volunteer firefighters. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Establishes an income tax credit for volunteer firefighters. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2032. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. In Senate Committee

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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13 sponsors · 17 co-sponsors · 60 not signed on

Sponsors (13)

Co-sponsors (17)

Not signed on (60)

60 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Subjects

public-safety taxation labor
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 545 do?
Digest: The Act makes a new tax credit for volunteer firefighters. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Establishes an income tax credit for volunteer firefighters. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2032. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Who sponsors SB 545?
SB 545 is sponsored by Janeen Sollman (Democrat), Jami Cate (Republican), Court Boice (Republican), Dick Anderson (Republican), Fred Girod (Republican), Lucetta Elmer (Republican), Bobby Levy (Republican), Hai Pham (Democrat), Boomer Wright (Republican), Lew Frederick (Democrat), Jeff Golden (Democrat), Deb Patterson (Democrat), Suzanne Weber (Republican), Dacia Grayber (Democrat), Cyrus Javadi (Republican), Rick Lewis (Republican), John Lively (Democrat), Kevin Mannix (Republican), Emily McIntire (Republican), Susan McLain (Democrat), Virgle Osborne (Republican), Mark Owens (Republican), E. Werner Reschke (Republican), Anna Scharf (Republican), David Brock Smith (Republican), Bruce Starr (Republican), Mike McLane (Republican), Sara Gelser Blouin (Democrat), and Aaron Woods.
What is the current status of SB 545?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced January 24, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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