republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/hb-2527.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to regulation of private security entities; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to establish by rule standards and procedures for licensing of private security entities. Defines \"private security entity.\" Requires that rules adopted by department require private security entity to provide private security providers with professional training. <b>Increases limitations on biennial expenditures by department to implement provisions of Act.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2527"
citation: "Oregon HB 2527 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tawna Sanchez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0aa0301b-3247-47d3-a4fc-e23a1321750f"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2527"
source_hash: "1ba9dedb0ac0552abe91e0ed9429bc4f3bc2703a7db2f3026a6d80f4565e4101"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
---

# Oregon HB 2527 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to regulation of private security entities; and declaring an emergency.

Requires Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to establish by rule standards and procedures for licensing of private security entities. Defines "private security entity." Requires that rules adopted by department require private security entity to provide private security providers with professional training. <b>Increases limitations on biennial expenditures by department to implement provisions of Act.</b>

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2527/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2527/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2527/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2527/B-Engrossed)
5. **HJUD Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/19424)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2527/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
7. **JWM Amendment -A5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21542)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2527/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **18–10** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **34–10** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. — **36–21** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tawna Sanchez — primary (person)
- Brian Clem — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20T04:40:25+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-01T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-13T18:39:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13T18:39:20+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03T13:13:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-16T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-21T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-23T16:21:32+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-24T17:33:17+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-25T04:34:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25T16:16:17+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25T16:56:24+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-26T15:41:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-26T17:41:37+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-26T19:08:39+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-29T20:32:46+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-30T21:39:37+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-27T22:29:39+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 618, (2021 Laws): Effective date July 27, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0aa0301b-3247-47d3-a4fc-e23a1321750f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).