Oregon is one of the last states with no laws limiting the amount of money campaigns can get and who they get it from. That's on the verge of changing with HB 4024.

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A bill limiting campaign contributions passed the Oregon Senate on Thursday and heads to Gov. Tina Kotek for a signature.

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The passage of House Bill 4024 means campaign contributions in the state will be capped starting in 2027.

Lawmakers have until March 10 to pass the bill.

As the Legislature speeds to adjournment, a proposal to regulate political giving is still being negotiated.

Business and labor groups have negotiated a system of contribution limits they hope to push through before lawmakers adjourn March 10. Critics say the proposal is weak.

Powerful lawmakers from both parties expressed a desire Friday to pass a campaign finance bill.

Critics said a bill would allow unions and small donor committees to give hundreds of thousands of dollars to candidates.

Business and labor groups have negotiated a system of contribution limits they hope to push through before lawmakers adjourn March 10. Critics say the proposal is weak.

Legislators say they want to pass campaign contribution limits this session, the editorial board writes. If so, any bill should provide true reforms – not cement in place advantages for their big donors.

House Speaker Dan Rayfield, D-Corvallis, convened a group of Democratic lawmakers this spring to hammer out limits on political spending. But Tony Lapiz, Rayfield’s legislative director, told a House committee June 8 that the legislators couldn’t agree on a proposal during that process.

Both Gov. Tina Kotek and state lawmakers have pledged to take action this legislative session on campaign finance reform.

Wild things can happen in the final days before an election, and in the Oregon primary races for governor that meant a tampon attack ad, a mailer seeming to tout an endorsement the candidate did not receive and a variety of campaign-related complaints.