House Bill 4024 makes many significant changes to Oregon’s campaign finance laws:

• Sets campaign contribution limits
• Prohibits creation of networks to evade contribution limits
• Changes the types of political committees (creates new committee types and discontinues others)
• Creates additional disclosure requirements certain independent expenditures
• Creates a 60-day investigation timeline into alleged violations
• Creates significant penalties for violations
• Prohibits candidates from rolling campaign funds into future election cycles with specific exceptions

House Bill 4024 also makes a significant change to filing deadlines. Elected incumbent candidates must file at least seven days before the filing deadline for other candidates.

​​On May 1, 2025, the Election Division published draft rules for proposed implementation of House Bill 4024. The Division then convened a Rules Advisory Committee (RAC) to consider and provide feedback on the draft rules. The RAC met from May 13 to July 31, 2025. The Division simultaneously accepted written feedback from the public. Feedback was accepted until August 22, 2025.

After considering feedback received, the Division made changes to the draft rules and formally published proposed rules on September 15, 2025. The Division invites interested parties to provide written feedback on these proposed rules.

Feedback on the Candidates and Political Party Manuals is due October 24, 2025, at 5:00 p.m.

​Feedback for all other rules and manuals is due November 21, 2025, 5:00 p.m.

Additional information about submitting feedback may be found on the Elections Division Rulemaking webpage. Sign up here​ to receive future Elections Division rulemaking notices.

​​​Small Donor Political Committees

Between January 1, 2027, and March 30, 2027, existing Political Action Committees (PACs) will have an opportunity to reorganize as a Small Donor Political Committee if they have met certain conditions for the duration of the 24 months immediately preceding their reorganization:

• • 90% or more of the total contributions received by the PAC was from:
• Individuals; and
• Not more than $250 per individual per calendar year

PACs that want to reorganize as a Small Donor Political Committee will not be able to make this change in ORESTAR until January 1, 2027. However, the PAC should update its internal processes to ensure they meet the criteria above.

Example: if a PAC wants to reorganize as a Small Donor Political Committee on January 1, 2027, it must begin complying with the criteria above beginning on January 1, 2025.

Political committees that want to operate as Small Donor Committees at the local level must continue to follow local laws and rules in addition to complying with the criteria above.

Any Miscellaneous PAC that remains registered as such by March 31, 2027, will be automatically reorganized as a Multicandidate Political Committee.

Starting on January 1, 2027, new Small Donor Political Committees will be able to register as such in the online filing system. To qualify as a new Small Donor Political Committee, the committee must meet the following conditions:

• May not accept more than $250 per year from an individual; and
• May not accept contributions from:
• Candidate Committees;
• Multicandidate Political Committees;
• Political Party Committees;
• Legislative Caucus Committees;
• Membership Organizations; or
• ​Another Small Donor Political Committee