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Board of Parole reports progress and staffing hires to reduce offender notification backlog
Summary
The Oregon Board of Parole and Post‑Prison Supervision told the Legislature it has hired nine positions funded in House Bill 5027 and cut its SONL backlog estimate from about 11,000 to 8,888 after data refinements; the subcommittee voted to acknowledge the report and forward the LFO recommendation to the full committee.
Dylan Arthur, executive director of the Oregon Board of Parole and Post‑Prison Supervision, told the Joint Interim Committee on Ways and Means — Public Safety subcommittee on Jan. 14 that the board has hired nine positions funded in House Bill 5027 to address the offender notification leveling (SONL) backlog. Arthur said the new hires were onboarded and in training, and the board expects the team to begin producing results and reducing the backlog by about March 2026.
Arthur said refinements to Oregon State Police data reduced the population the board can level from roughly 11,000 in 2025 to 8,888 as of Jan. 5. He told the subcommittee the board remains on track, and in fact a bit ahead of schedule, to meet the five‑year plan deadline of June 30, 2030, provided funding continues under the plan.
Dale Hoffman, the SONL manager, reviewed the agency’s biannual benchmarks and explained how the board will use quarterly updates to compare targeted and actual progress. Allison Daniel of the Department of Administrative Services recommended acknowledging receipt of the report; LFO staff recommended the same. Representative (subcommittee member) moved to forward the report with the LFO recommendation; the motion carried on a voice vote with no objections.
The subcommittee’s action was procedural: acknowledging the agency report and forwarding the LFO recommendation to the full committee for consideration in the 2026 budget reconciliation process. The board noted that continued funding is necessary to meet the 2030 goal and that the targeted assessment for historic registrants (those placed on the registry prior to the 2014 notification‑leveling law) should speed progress.
The subcommittee asked for future reports and metrics to continue monitoring progress. The committee’s action does not appropriate new funds; it forwards the report and the LFO’s recommendation to the full Joint Interim Committee on Ways and Means.
