(Salem, OR) -- A quarter million Oregonians would get checks for 600 dollars under a bill that passed the Legislature with large majorities. The one-time payments would go to low-income households with members who worked during the first year of the COVID-19 public health emergency. Only taxpayers who qualified for and claimed the earned income tax credit on their 2020 income tax returns are eligible to receive the payments. The bill now goes to the Governor.