Oppose HB 4018 A - Protect Campaign Finance Reform
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Date: February 17, 2026
To: All LWVOR Members
From: Barbara Klein, LWVOR Acting President
Jean Pierce, LWVOR Action Chair
Norman Turrill, Governance Specialist
Take Action
Contact your State Legislators (Click here to find your legislators) and tell them to oppose HB 4018 A
DEADLINE: ASAP
Action Items
Contact Your Legislators and Tell Them to Oppose HB 4018 A
Talking Points
Tell Legislators why you oppose HB 4018 A We are asking all League members throughout Oregon to help stop this damaging bill.
This bill betrays the agreement made in 2024 for withdrawing Initiative Petition 9 in exchange for passage of HB 4024 and agreeing to work on technical fixes without policy changes.
The bill allows large special interest organizations to continue dominating campaign finance in Oregon while still limiting individual contributors.
It substantially erodes the financial disclosure requirements and further delays implementation for 4 years.
The wording was developed in secret without collaboration with good government groups or national experts.
Background: During the last hour of the last day of the 2024 legislative session, HB 4024 on CFR was passed into law. It was forced by the threat of an Initiative Petition that had gathered some 100,000 signatures. This followed a constitutional amendment passed by 78% of voters in 2020 that allowed campaign finance reform.
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