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Subcommittee approves Oregon State Police application for $400,000 Adam Walsh implementation grant
Summary
The Public Safety Subcommittee on March 12 approved Oregon State Police's request to apply for a $400,000 Adam Walsh Act implementation grant from the U.S. Department of Justice SMART Office to support SORNA compliance work; the request drew LFO and DAS recommendations and was assigned to Co‑Chair Evans for Ways and Means.
Subcommittee members of the Public Safety Subcommittee approved a request on March 12 for the Oregon State Police to apply for a $400,000 Adam Walsh Implementation Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, SMART Office.
The grant opportunity, administered by the SMART Office, funds efforts to implement and maintain the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) standards. According to an LFO overview presented to the subcommittee, the competitive award would support improvements to offender registry systems and costs tied to SORNA compliance; the overview said the grant does not require a state match.
Department of Administrative Services staff recommended approval and the Legislative Fiscal Office recommended the request as well. A committee member moved to approve the LFO recommendation; there was no roll-call vote recorded in the work session transcript and the chair stated the motion passed. The chair assigned the item to Co‑Chair Evans to bring forward to the full joint Ways and Means Committee.
Why it matters: SORNA-related grants are a primary federal funding source for upgrades to sex-offender registry systems and related training and information-sharing efforts across states, tribes and territories. Approval to apply allows the state to seek federal funding that LFO and DAS said would not require state matching funds.
Details presented to the subcommittee included the grant's purpose — to assist jurisdictions in implementing SORNA requirements and to provide training, technical support and information sharing — and the stated award amount of $400,000. The committee record shows the request moved through a work session and was approved for referral; no final award decision was made at the March 12 meeting.
