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82nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 1510
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in conformance with pre-
session filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the President (at the request
of Senate Interim Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act allows the agency of the State Fire Marshal to require fingerprints for criminal
background checks on certain persons. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it.(Flesch
Readability Score: 61.8).
Authorizes the Department of the State Fire Marshal to require, for purposes of a criminal re-
cords check, fingerprints from an employee, a prospective employee or a person who provides or
seeks to provide certain services.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Department of the State Fire Marshal; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of this 2024 Act is added to and made a part of ORS 476.010 to
476.090.
SECTION 2.For the purpose of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records check
under ORS 181A.195, the Department of the State Fire Marshal may require the fingerprints
of a person who:
(1) Is employed or applying for employment by the department; or
(2) Provides or seeks to provide services to the department as a contractor, subcontrac-
tor, vendor or volunteer.
SECTION 3. This 2024 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2024 Act takes effect
on its passage.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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