Oregon Statutes 131.915 – Definitions
As used in ORS § 131.915 to 131.925:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 131.915
- Any other state: includes any state and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Gender identity: means an individual's gender-related identity, appearance, expression or behavior, regardless of whether the identity, appearance, expression or behavior differs from that associated with the gender assigned to the individual at birth. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- judicial department: means the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Oregon Tax Court, the circuit courts and all administrative divisions of those courts, whether denominated as boards, commissions, committees or departments or by any other designation. See Oregon Statutes 174.113
- Sexual orientation: means an individual's actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(1) ‘Gender identity’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 174.100.
(2) ‘Law enforcement agency’ means:
(a) The Department of State Police;
(b) The Department of Justice;
(c) A district attorney’s office; and
(d) Any of the following that maintains a law enforcement unit as defined in ORS § 181A.355:
(A) A political subdivision or an instrumentality of the State of Oregon.
(B) A municipal corporation of the State of Oregon.
(C) A tribal government.
(D) A university.
(3) ‘Law enforcement officer’ means:
(a) A member of the Oregon State Police;
(b) A sheriff, constable, marshal, municipal police officer or reserve officer or a police officer commissioned by a university under ORS § 352.121 or 353.125;
(c) An investigator of a district attorney’s office if the investigator is or has been certified as a law enforcement officer in this or any other state;
(d) An investigator of the Criminal Justice Division of the Department of Justice;
(e) A humane special agent as defined in ORS § 181A.345;
(f) A judicial marshal of the Marshal’s Office of the Judicial Department who is appointed under ORS § 1.177 and trained pursuant to ORS § 181A.540;
(g) A regulatory specialist exercising authority described in ORS § 471.775 (2); or
(h) An authorized tribal police officer as defined in ORS § 181A.940.
(4) ‘Profiling’ means the targeting of an individual by a law enforcement agency or a law enforcement officer, on suspicion of the individual’s having violated a provision of law, based solely on the individual’s real or perceived age, race, ethnicity, color, national origin, language, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, political affiliation, religion, homelessness or disability, unless the agency or officer is acting on a suspect description or information related to an identified or suspected violation of a provision of law.
(5) ‘Sexual orientation’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 174.100. [2015 c.681 § 1; 2017 c.17 § 7; 2017 c.706 § 6; 2021 c.173 § 3; 2021 c.367 § 8]