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ORS 137.688

Known as the Oregon Crimefighting Act

The act spans §§ 137–137 (254 sections).

2024 c.70 §75; 2025 c.557 §13; 2022 c.78 §26

(1) For purposes of tracking racial or other demographic disparities in enforcement, the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission shall collect and analyze the following data concerning deflections, arrests, charges and convictions for unlawful possession of a controlled substance and delivery of a controlled substance offenses:

(a) The date and location of each deflection and arrest;

(b) The specific offense for which each person was arrested, charged or convicted; and

(c) Demographic data for each person deflected, arrested, charged or convicted.

(2) Beginning no later than February 1, 2026, the commission shall make the results of an analysis of the data described in this section available to the public in a clear and accessible format, either in a report or on the website of the commission.

(3) In carrying out the commission’s duties under this section, the commission may use any information concerning deflections obtained as part of carrying out the duties of the commission under ORS 137.687 or as part of the grant program application, monitoring and evaluation process described in ORS 430.430 and 430.432.

(4) Data reported under this section shall be used only for statistical purposes and not for any other purpose. The data reports may not contain information that reveals the identity of any individual. Data collected by government agencies or held by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission under this section that may reveal the identity of any individual is exempt from public disclosure in any manner.

(5) The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission may adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this section.

(Temporary provisions relating to criminal justice data reporting)

(b) The commission shall review the data described in paragraph (a) of this subsection and make the data, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender and county, available to the public in a clear and accessible format, either in a report or on the website of the commission.

(2)(a) The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, in coordination with the Department of Corrections, shall collect data concerning the number of persons on supervision, persons revoked from supervision and sentenced to incarceration, and persons sanctioned for violating conditions of supervision and serving a sanction in a local correctional facility.

(b) The commission shall review the data described in paragraph (a) of this subsection and make the data, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender and county, available to the public in a clear and accessible format, either in a report or on the website of the commission.

(c) The Department of Corrections, community corrections agencies and local supervisory authorities shall, at intake of a person on supervision, collect and maintain information concerning the person’s race, ethnicity and gender, according to standardized designations in census data, and shall at least annually provide the data to the commission.

PRESUMPTIVE SENTENCES, MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES AND ADULT PROSECUTION OF CERTAIN JUVENILE OFFENDERS

Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.