The tax would start at 2% in 2026 and rise to 8% in 2032.
BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Oregon Journalism Project
State Rep. Tawna Sanchez (D-Portland), co-chair of the Legislature’s budget-writing Joint Ways and Means Committee, has long been interested in increasing state taxes on beer and wine (which have remained unchanged since 1977 and 1983, respectively).
Sanchez convened a work group with the alcohol industry last year; the group did not agree on a…