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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2183
Sponsored by Representative HELFRICH (at the request of Professional Security Association of Oregon) (Presession
filed.)
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 tells DPSST to let a person who is or was police do less training to be a private
security worker. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.2).
Directs the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to adopt rules providing that,
if an applicant for certification as a private security professional is or was certified as a police of-
ficer, a refresher course and examination satisfies the training requirements for certification.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to certification of private security professionals; amending ORS 181A.855.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 181A.855 is amended to read:
181A.855. (1) An applicant for certification as a private security professional:
(a) Must be:
(A) At least 18 years of age, if an applicant for certification as an unarmed private security
professional;or
(B) At least 21 years of age, if an applicant for certification as an armed private security pro-
fessional;
(b) Must have satisfactorily completed training requirements approved by the Board on Public
Safety Standards and Training; and
(c) Must not be required to register or be registered as a sex offender under ORS 163A.010,
163A.015, 163A.020 or 163A.025.
(2) An applicant meets the requirements of subsection (1)(b) of this section if the applicant pro-
vides the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training with documentation of military
training or experience that the department determines is substantially equivalent to the training
required by subsection (1)(b) of this section.
(3) The department shall adopt rules providing that, if an applicant is or was certified as
a police officer under the provisions of ORS 181A.355 to 181A.689, a refresher course and
examination satisfies the training requirements under subsection (1)(b) of this section.
[(3)] (4) The department, in consultation with the board, shall adopt rules specifying those
crimes for which a conviction requires the denial or revocation of certification as a private security
professional or instructor.
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.
LC 1461