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Criminal Justice Commission outlines sentencing-guideline updates to reflect recent laws
Summary
The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission told the House Judiciary Committee it updated person‑crime designations and crime‑seriousness rankings after 2023 and other legislation, and described how the statewide sentencing grid works.
Ken Sanchgren, executive director of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, told the House Judiciary Committee that House Bill 2933 approves the commission’s rule changes to the Oregon sentencing guidelines required under ORS 137.667 following recent legislation.
Sanchgren summarized how Oregon’s sentencing grid intersects crime seriousness (ranked 1–11) with criminal-history categories (A–I) to produce presumptive prison or probation terms. "Essentially, all the grid does is it identifies the intersection between an individual's criminal history and…
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