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Committee considers technical fix to private-security licensing law to exempt in-house employers
Summary
Senate Bill 300 and a dash-2 amendment would narrow the definition of "private security entity" to exclude employers with in-house security staff and focus licensing on contractors; sponsors, industry groups and unions said the amendment is a negotiated fix, while local governments sought a small additional exemption for political subdivisions
Senate Bill 300, a technical fix to Oregon's private-security licensing regime, drew largely supportive testimony on Feb. 10 as sponsors and industry groups said the bill restores the original legislative intent and excludes many employers that should not be treated as private-security contractors.
The committee staff summary said the bill "refines the definition of a private security entity to be a person engaged in the business of providing private security professionals for contracted private security services and it removes persons who simply employ private security providers from the definition." A dash-2 amendment further clarifies recruitment and subcontracting language and adds an emergency clause to make the change effective on passage.
Senator Mark Meek…
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