Oregon Governor Kate Brown on Wednesday, issued an order that remitted uncollected court fines and fees associated with certain traffic violation cases that resulted in debt-based driver’s license suspensions. It means that now there is a path for nearly 7,000 people here in Oregon to seek reinstatement of their suspended driver’s licenses. The governor’s order comes after a study back in 2020 revealed that suspending driver’s licenses for nonpayment can set off a cascade of compounding harms impacting people’s lives and livelihoods, particularly for low-income residents. The legislation however, left existing nonpayment-related license suspensions in place.