The 2023 Regular Session of the Oregon State Legislature opened on January 17 and adjourned June 25. NFIB Oregon State Director Anthony Smith filed the following reports on the small-business agenda during the session.

• June 25—Legislature Adjourns Disorderly 2023 Session

• June 16—“The Deal” Ends Senate Stalemate—Business Resumes

• June 2—Session Effectively Over? Government Shutdown Looming?

• May 19—Chess Game of Unexcused Absences Being Played in the State Senate

• May 6—Scandal, Walk-Outs, Ancient Law Consume State Capitol

• April 22—Two More Bad-for-Business Bills Pass the House

• April 7—NFIB Helps Defeat Two Anti-Employer Hiring Bills

• March 24—Estate Tax Reform Back in Spotlight

• March 10—Coming Deadlines Expected to Doom Large Number of the 3,000 Bills Introduced

• February 24—NFIB Testifies Against Workers’ Compensation Bill Increasing Penalties

• February 10—Pro-Small Business Bills Outnumbering Bad Ones—For the Moment

• January 28—State Legislators Go to Work on 2,000 Bills, Another Thousand Possible