{"id":29225,"date":"2025-06-09T21:03:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T21:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ordealers.net\/?p=29225"},"modified":"2025-06-09T21:03:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T21:03:41","slug":"legislators-propose-car-sales-tax-contact-your-legislator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ordealers.net\/?p=29225","title":{"rendered":"Legislators propose car sales tax \u2014 contact your legislator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dealers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Veteran Lobbyist, Darrell Fuller, has been working the halls of the Capitol, and behind the scenes, opposing proposals to create a new sales tax on vehicles. With the end of session only a few days away (June 29), the most recent Democratic plan still includes two new vehicle sales taxes (see page two of the PDF). They are calling them a vehicle&nbsp;<strong><u>&#8220;transfer tax&#8221;<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp;rather than a &#8220;sales tax&#8221;, hoping you \u2014 and the public \u2014 won&#8217;t notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Democratic proposal includes&nbsp;<strong><u>a new two percent sales tax on new vehicles<\/u><\/strong>, AND&nbsp;<strong><u>a new one percent sales tax on used vehicles over $10,000<\/u><\/strong>. We don&#8217;t yet know if the tax is on the price of the vehicle before or after considering the trade-in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is unclear if any Republicans will support either vehicle sales tax \u2014 most of them are strongly opposed. But the Democrats have the majority in both Chambers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We strongly encourage you to contact your state Senator and state Representative today. If you don&#8217;t know who they are, you can find them&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/geo.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/instant\/lookup\/index.html?appid=fd070b56c975456ea2a25f7e3f4289d1\">here<\/a>. Ask them to OPPOSE any proposal with a NEW SALES TAX ON VEHICLES.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We suggest you also send your opinion on the TWO NEW VEHICLE SALES TAXES to the Legislative Leadership. Their emails are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senate President:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Sen.RobWagner@oregonlegislature.gov\">Sen.RobWagner@oregonlegislature.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senate Majority Leader:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Sen.KayseJama@oregonlegislature.gov\">Sen.KayseJama@oregonlegislature.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senate Republican Leader:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Sen.DanielBonham@oregonlegislature.gov\">Sen.DanielBonham@oregonlegislature.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>House Speaker:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Rep.JulieFahey@oregonlegislature.gov\">Rep.JulieFahey@oregonlegislature.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>House Majority Leader:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:rep.benbowman@oregonlegislature.gov\">Rep.BenBowman@oregonlegislature.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>House Republican Leader:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Rep.ChristineDrazan@oregonlegislature.gov\">Rep.ChristineDrazan@oregonlegislature.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joint Transportation Reinvestment Committee Co-Chairs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen.ChrisGorsek@oregonlegislature.gov<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep.SusanMcLain@oregonlegislature.gov<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joint Transportation Reinvestment Committee Co-Vice Chairs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen.BruceStarr@oregonlegislature.gov<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep.ShellyBoshartDavis@oregonlegislature.gov&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions, please let OVDA know by emailing OVDA@ordealers.com. Thank you for your support of OVDA. We are here to be&nbsp;your eyes, your ears, and your voice at the State Capitol and with the agencies regulating vehicle dealers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.ordealers.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Transportation-Reinvestment-Package-Outline-2025-06-06.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:980px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Transportation Reinvestment Package Outline 2025 06 06.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f49c8a06-4ba0-4579-b9a5-8a77e89d7862\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ordealers.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Transportation-Reinvestment-Package-Outline-2025-06-06.pdf\">Transportation Reinvestment Package Outline 2025 06 06<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ordealers.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Transportation-Reinvestment-Package-Outline-2025-06-06.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f49c8a06-4ba0-4579-b9a5-8a77e89d7862\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dealers: Our Veteran Lobbyist, Darrell Fuller, has been working the halls of the Capitol, and behind the scenes, opposing proposals to create a new sales tax on vehicles. With the end of session only a few days away (June 29), the most recent Democratic plan still includes two new vehicle sales taxes (see page two of the PDF). They are calling them a vehicle&nbsp;&#8220;transfer tax&#8221;&nbsp;rather than a &#8220;sales tax&#8221;, hoping you \u2014 and the public \u2014 won&#8217;t notice. The Democratic proposal includes&nbsp;a new two percent sales tax on new vehicles, AND&nbsp;a new one percent sales tax on used vehicles over&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"mb":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Legislators propose car sales tax \u2014 contact your legislator - Oregon Vehicle Dealer Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ordealers.net\/?p=29225\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Legislators propose car sales tax \u2014 contact your legislator - Oregon Vehicle Dealer Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dealers: Our Veteran Lobbyist, Darrell Fuller, has been working the halls of the Capitol, and behind the scenes, opposing proposals to create a new sales tax on vehicles. 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