(Salem, OR) -- Governor Kate Brown is forgiving traffic fines for nearly seven-thousand Oregonians with suspended licenses who can't afford to pay them. The fines totaled one-point-eight million dollars. In 2020, the Legislature passed a bill that prohibits a driver's license from being suspended if a traffic fine isn't paid. The Governor's order applies the law to traffic fines issued prior to 2020. It excludes misdemeanor or felony traffic offense cases, and it doesn't forgive restitution or compensatory fines owed to victims.