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As of August 2026, Oregon's state motor vehicle fuel tax on gasoline is 40 cents per gallon. House Bill 3991, signed in November 2025, proposed additional transportation taxes and fees, but most of those increases were rejected by voters in Measure 120. The 40-cent state gas tax therefore remains in place, in addition to any applicable local and federal fuel taxes.
Not every part of HB 3991 was overturned. ODOT says accountability provisions and a $30 increase in supplemental registration fees for vehicles rated at 40+ MPG remain in effect. A mandatory road-usage charge is scheduled to begin July 1, 2027 for existing electric vehicles, with new electric vehicles and hybrids or plug-in hybrids following the next year.
The larger funding problem is still unresolved. Oregon's 2026 Legislature stabilized ODOT's maintenance and operations through the end of the current 2025-27 budget cycle after a $297 million shortfall, but ODOT says the underlying State Highway Fund challenge remains. A state workgroup is developing recommendations for the 2027 legislative session. For District 3, the core question is how Oregon maintains roads and emergency routes without placing an unfair burden on rural residents who often have to drive farther.
Last reviewed August 8, 2026.
These Oregon bills match this topic by complete words or phrases in their title or description. Each card shows the latest action reported by the legislative data feed.
The Act would phase in a mandatory per-mile road usage charge for owners and lessees of electric and hybrid cars and delivery vans engaged i...
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 $____. T...
The Act would have ODOT biennially recommend a rate for the per-mile road usage charge that would raise the money needed to keep up the high...