Oregon’s Interim committees are in full swing this week. Yesterday, it was the Senate Judiciary Committee. Today, it is the House Judiciary Committee. Both panels hear reports on:

• Work Group Report: Sex Offender Registration – Improving Oregon’s Classification of Sex Offenders
• Work Group Report: Expunction
• Report on HB 2792: Relating to the State of Oregon’s compliance with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System
• Work Group Report: Reciprocity
• “Sexting” and displaying sexually explicit material of minors
• Enforcing the ban on the sale of tobacco to minors
• Discussion on SB 878: Do persons checking identification at the door for nightclubs, taverns or bars need to be certified by the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training

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