Oregon lawmakers are working on a bill that would require the state’s police officers to wear small body cameras like the one modeled on a New York City police officer at a news conference, above.

Recent high-profile police killings and the double murder of two New York City policemen have made body cameras for officers a popular idea that Oregon legislators are already moving on.

In order to implement the cameras widespread in Oregon and minimize any hiccups, state law needs to change first, and groups say the state needs to enact strict policy standards to guide how police capture and store the video before the programs spread out of pilot phases seen in Bend and Portland.

Rep. Jennifer Williamson, D-Portland, this month filed a bill that would allow officers to record citizens —and citizens to record officers— showing the national movement to put cameras on cops is underway as Oregon heads into its 2015 legislative session next month.

Oregon has a law that prohibits recording “the whole or any part of a conversation.” There are exceptions for police using dashboard cameras as long as they notify when they’re recording the interaction when reasonable.

Williamson, Rep. John Huffman, R-The Dalles, and other lawmakers are proposing the bill that would require departments to create and follow strict body camera policies. The body camera bill is part of a wish list of other law changes relating to privacy and policing.

Williamson?s bill says officers wearing cameras must let citizens know when they?re being recorded, if it?s reasonable to do so. Citizens can record police without letting officers know their audio is being recorded under Williamson?s proposal.