The Oregon Legislature approved five ACLU of Oregon priority bills this year, including SB 536, which prohibits Oregon from taking any further action to implement the federal Real ID Act. With passage of SB 536, Oregon became the 24th state to take action against Real ID.
In addition to our affirmative priorities, we had a very busy session tracking hundreds of other bills, most of which would have undermined civil liberties. We testified on more than 50 bills and worked closely on many others to address civil liberties concerns.
Our biggest disappointment was the passage of SB 355, which will create a government-monitored pharmacy database to track the millions of lawful prescriptions of controlled substances issued to Oregonians for all kinds of medical conditions.
Among other issues we covered were: free speech, privacy, reproductive freedom, the death penalty, criminal justice, drug policy and election and initiative reform.
Read our full 2009 legislative report
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