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Wednesday, January 17, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 13 Lawmakers, lobbyists get sexual harassment training State Legislatures as an exam- ple of a strong one, along with Associated Press those of Alabama, Hawaii, SALEM (AP) — The Colorado and Maryland. A intense national focus on legislative subcommittee in sexual misconduct came to Alaska is looking at Oregon as Oregon’s capital this week, a model as it considers how to when lawmakers were given a rewrite that state’s guidelines. training session on harassment “Oregon has a lot of ele- and how to report it. ments that we consider a For the first time, the train- strong policy should have,” ing was also offered to execu- said Jonathan Griffin, a tive branch employees, lob- policy analyst with the byists and others who work National Conference of State in the Capitol, said Senate Legislatures. President Peter Courtney, a The Oregon Legislature is Democrat. Previously, it was considering making it even required for legislators and stronger. legislative employees. Oregon’s policy describes To accommodate the larger an informal reporting process, crowd, the training was con- and a formal one. Retaliation ducted on Tuesday inside the for making complaints is main ballroom of the Salem prohibited. Convention Center. The train- “An appointing author- ing was provided by lawyers ity or supervisor shall take for the Legislature and its appropriate action to prevent, director of human resources. promptly correct and report Sen. Arnie Roblan, a harassment about which the Democrat from the coastal appointing authority or super- city of Coos Bay, said through visor knew or, with the exer- a spokeswoman that “these cise of reasonable care, should trainings are critical, espe- have known,” the policy says. cially for new members and/ An independent third party or staff.” will review the policies and Oregon is one of at least 27 may suggest changes, said states in the U.S. that requires Aaron Fiedler, communica- lawmakers from both cham- tions director for the House bers in legislatures to undergo Majority Office. That review sexual harassment training. is awaiting the outcome of Oregon’s policy on sexual an investigation of Sen. Jeff harassment is highlighted by Kruse, a Republican from the the National Conference of logging town of Roseburg, By Andrew Selsky Starts Friday who has been accused by two female senators of hugging too closely, and of other inap- propriate touching. “We anticipate we will learn a lot from what happens with that process,” Fiedler said. Kruse, the only Oregon lawmaker to be accused, has denied inappropriate conduct. Courtney removed the senator from the committees he sits on due to the accusations. Courtney said it’s impor- tant for the training to be held regularly. In Oregon, it is annual. “As I said in my opening remarks ... practice and rep- etition help athletes perform at a higher level on game day. The best teams don’t take days off,” Courtney said in an email. “In the same way, we provide this training every year. It helps members of the Capitol community treat each other and the public with respect.” Rep. 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