Oregon activists
David Michelson and Isaac Farias have been tied to repeated versions of this proposal, including earlier IP13 and IP3 efforts. The official Yes On IP28 campaign is the current vehicle.
Oregon voters deserve the full picture
IP28 is an outside funded measure with consequences for Oregonians.
Oregon’s IP28 — the PEACE Act — would remove long-standing legal exemptions that allow regulated farming, ranching, livestock processing, hunting, fishing, wildlife management, animal research and common husbandry practices.
Not a Democratic or Republican Party initiative
$60K major out-of-state organizational money tied to IP3/IP28
Not an Oregon farm backed initiative
Updated July 2026
Who is behind IP28?
Chief petitioners, campaign organizations and national animal-liberation money
Oregon’s official certified ballot-title notice lists David Michelson, Isaac Farias and Sean Rice as chief petitioners for Initiative Petition 2026-028. The campaign promotes the measure as the People for the Elimination of Animal Cruelty Exemptions Act — the PEACE Act.
Animal-liberation groups
End Animal Cruelty and Yes On IP28 are the Oregon-facing campaign entities. The larger movement framing is vegan and animal-liberation advocacy, not animal welfare reform within Oregon agriculture.
Out-of-state funders
The biggest itemized donations tied to the predecessor IP3 committee came from Karuna Foundation in Colorado and Friends of DxE in California.
What IP28 would mean
It goes far beyond stopping cruelty
The official ballot caption says IP28 would criminalize breeding practices and injuring or killing animals, including for food, hunting and fishing, while creating a transition fund and exceptions. Legal analysis says it would broaden existing animal-cruelty statutes by repealing or narrowing exemptions for many currently lawful activities.
See public sourcesFood & agricultureCould put livestock processing, poultry operations and accepted animal husbandry practices under criminal animal-cruelty standards.
Hunting & fishingWould remove exemptions that currently protect lawful harvest, fishing and trapping.
Wildlife managementCould restrict tools used by agencies to manage invasive species, predators, disease and human-wildlife conflicts.
Research & educationWould remove or narrow exemptions for animal-based research and teaching uses.
Not a Democratic Party initiative
Democrats are not behind IP28 — prominent Democrats have spoken against it
This should not be framed as a left-vs-right measure. Democratic elected officials and Democratic county organizations have publicly opposed IP28, while a bipartisan sportsmen’s caucus statement also opposes it.
Democrat
Gov. Tina Kotek
Publicly said she opposes IP28 and urged Oregonians to say no, warning it risks criminalizing common agricultural practices critical to Oregon’s economy.
Democrat
Sen. Anthony Broadman
Co-chair of the Oregon Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus; joined bipartisan opposition and warned of impacts to local food, grocery prices, hunting and fishing.
Democrat
Former Rep. Paul Evans
Democrat and Air Force veteran; public opposition has circulated against IP28 as part of a broader Democratic pushback.
Republican
Sen. David Brock Smith
Republican co-chair of the Oregon Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus; joined Sen. Broadman in bipartisan opposition.
Also opposed: Democratic organizations
Crook County Democrats adopted a resolution opposing IP28. Lincoln County Democrats also published opposition, saying the claim that Democrats must support IP28 is false and that the measure goes far beyond animal-cruelty protections.
Follow the money
The major traceable money is not from Oregon agriculture
Oregon campaign-finance records for the predecessor Yes On IP3 committee show a $58,185.19 transfer into Yes On IP28. The largest itemized contributions listed for the predecessor campaign were from out-of-state vegan or animal-liberation funding organizations.
Majority of the largest traceable organizational support came from outside Oregon
Karuna Foundation is listed from Colorado. Friends of DxE is listed from California. Together, those two out-of-state organizational contributions account for the largest named checks tied to the predecessor campaign records.
Karuna Foundation
Niwot, Colorado. A tax-exempt animal-related advocacy grantmaker. This was the largest listed contribution in the predecessor campaign records.
Friends of DxE
Berkeley, California. The nonprofit fundraising arm associated with Direct Action Everywhere.
Individual donations
Several roughly $1,000 individual donations also appear in the predecessor records. Small-dollar donations may not reveal location.
Say it plainly: the biggest checks tied to this effort came from outside Oregon’s farm, fish and ranch communities.
Why vote no?
IP28 is too broad, too risky and wrong for Oregon
Oregonians can support strong animal-cruelty laws without criminalizing responsible farming, ranching, fishing, hunting, wildlife management, veterinary-adjacent practices, food production and research.
- Protect Oregon food producers and family farms.
- Protect hunting, fishing and outdoor traditions.
- Protect wildlife management and conservation funding.
- Reject outside-funded animal-liberation policy experiments.
Sources
Public records and reporting used on this site
Review these before publication and update the numbers as campaign-finance filings change.
Oregon Secretary of State — Certified Ballot Title for IP28
ORESTAR — Yes On IP28 account summary
ORESTAR — Yes On IP3 transaction records
National Agricultural Law Center — Legal analysis of IP28
Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation — Bipartisan Oregon caucus opposition
Lincoln County Democrats — Letter opposing IP28
Crook County Democrats — Resolution opposing IP28
ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer — Karuna Foundation
ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer — Friends of DxE
Image credits: Governor Kotek portrait: Oregon State University via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Legislator headshots: Oregon Legislature member profile pages.
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