Being under the influence of illegal drugs and showing pornography to children would become crimes under separate bills being considered by state Rep. Andy Olson, R-Albany.

Olson mentioned these and other pending proposals in a newsletter he e-mailed last week.

It was the second time he issued the letter. The first time it came out during the primary election, and Olson withdrew it after being reminded that it’s against the rules for legislators to issue state-paid newsletters within 60 days of an election.

In the newsletter, Olson lists 12 issues he has been working on during the legislative interim.

One is a bill on “possession of a controlled substance by consumption.” In an interview he said it’s being considered in response to a mid-valley high school principal and doctors from Deschutes County who said they wanted more authority to deal with, respectively, students high on marijuana and pregnant women who were taking meth.

Olson, who is running for re-election to his second term, has formed work groups on that and other legislation he’s been asked to consider.

He said that under court decisions protecting pornography as free speech, there’s little that law enforcement can do about sex offenders who show porn to children. His work group on the issue has met twice. He said he’s working on providing some tools to law enforcement that would stand up in the courts.

Other bills he has been working on include a measure to clarify that a sheriff can revoke the concealed-weapons license of someone judged to be a threat or danger.

The Court of Appeals has claimed that a law revision in 2003 inadvertently removed the authority from sheriffs in that regard, but legislative counsel has argued that the court made a mistake.

Another Olson proposal in the works would give judges discretion to lower fines for traffic violations if warranted by the circumstances.

Current law sets minimum fines that judges must impose.