Bill Text: OR HB4091 | 2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to criminal records checks; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-11 - Chapter 98, (2012 Laws): Effective date April 11, 2012. [HB4091 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2012-HB4091-Enrolled.html


     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2012 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                         House Bill 4091

Sponsored by Representative NATHANSON; Representatives BAILEY,
  BARKER, BOONE, BUCKLEY, COWAN, DOHERTY, GELSER, HARKER, HOLVEY,
  HOYLE, KENY-GUYER, ROBLAN, TOMEI, WITT, Senator DEVLIN
  (Presession filed.)

                     CHAPTER ................

                             AN ACT

Relating to criminal records checks; and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Oregon Department of Administrative
Services shall convene a work group to develop recommendations
for performing criminal records checks.
  (2) The work group must include representatives of:
  (a) The Oregon State Police;
  (b) The Department of Education;
  (c) The Department of Human Services;
  (d) The Department of Corrections;
  (e) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services;
  (f) The State and Local Government Efficiency Task Force
created in section 1, chapter 435, Oregon Laws 2011;
  (g) An agency that licenses individuals;
  (h) A human services organization;
  (i) An association of school employees;
  (j) A local government; and
  (k) An organization that advocates for the privacy rights of
individuals.
  (3) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may
include additional members in the work group at its discretion.
  (4) In developing its recommendations, the work group shall
consider:
  (a) The protection of the public;
  (b) Maintaining high standards of safety and accuracy;
  (c) Acknowledging and addressing disparate procedures that may
be required by federal and state law;
  (d) Ensuring a timely process;
  (e) Reducing the number and types of criminal records checks
required;
  (f) Allowing for transferability of criminal records checks
among agencies and organizations;
  (g) Determining the feasibility of developing a single system
for conducting background checks administered by the Department
of State Police;
  (h) The cost, accuracy and quality assurance associated with
obtaining criminal record checks from sources other than the
Department of State Police;

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  (i) Providing for a system to update criminal records checks
when certain events occur; and
  (j) Determining the feasibility of allowing authorized persons
to access criminal records checks on file.
  (5) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall
report on the work group's recommendations to an appropriate
interim committee of the Legislative Assembly on or before
November 30, 2012. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2012 Act is repealed on
January 2, 2013. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2012 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2012 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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Passed by House February 27, 2012

    .............................................................
                         Ramona Kenady Line, Chief Clerk of House

    .............................................................
                                    Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House

    .............................................................
                                   Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House

Passed by Senate February 29, 2012

    .............................................................
                              Peter Courtney, President of Senate

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Received by Governor:

......M.,............., 2012

Approved:

......M.,............., 2012

    .............................................................
                                         John Kitzhaber, Governor

Filed in Office of Secretary of State:

......M.,............., 2012

    .............................................................
                                   Kate Brown, Secretary of State

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