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Introduced
02/02/2026
02/02/2026
In Committee
02/17/2026
02/17/2026
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2026 Legislative Measures
Bill Summary
The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act makes some groups of workers police officers for PERS. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.3). Provides that certain members of the Public Employees Retirement System qualify as police of- ficers under the system.
AI Summary
This bill amends the definition of "police officer" within the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) to include several new categories of workers, ensuring their service is recognized for retirement purposes. Specifically, it adds assistant attorneys general in the Criminal Justice Division of the Department of Justice, juvenile custody services specialists and juvenile court counselors in county juvenile departments, forensic scientists and evidence technicians employed by sheriffs' offices, municipal police departments, or university police departments, individuals responsible for fingerprinting in these same law enforcement entities, certified medicolegal death investigators, and force protection officers and leaders of the Oregon Military Department working on Air National Guard installations. The bill clarifies that these individuals will be considered police officers for PERS only for the service performed in these newly defined roles on or after the bill's effective date.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Business and Industry
Sponsors (11)
Chris Gorsek (D)*,
James Manning (D)*,
Greg Smith (R)*,
Paul Evans (D),
Sara Gelser Blouin (D),
Dacia Grayber (D),
Lesly Muñoz (D),
Travis Nelson (D),
Rob Nosse (D),
Ricki Ruiz (D),
Lamar Wise (D),
Last Action
Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. (on 02/17/2026)
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