SB 429 : 72 Hour Waiting Period

Position: Support Status: Senate Judiciary Committee

Prohibits a gun dealer from transferring a firearm or unfinished frame or receiver until 72 hours have elapsed from the time the gun dealer requested a criminal background check, and the gun dealer has received the background check approval number from the Department of State Police.

Update

March 26, 2025

4-7 (S) Public Hearing and Possible Work Session scheduled.
1-13 (S) Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
1-17 (S) Referred to Judiciary.
Chief Sponsor: Senator Prozanski, Manning Jr.
Regular Sponsors: Senator Frederick, Reps. Meek, Reynolds, and Sollman

Oregon OLIS information about SB 429 is here.

Language similar to SB 429 has been added to SB 243-1. Ceasefire Oregon supports both SB 429 and SB 243-1.

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Prohibits a gun dealer from transferring a firearm or unfinished frame or receiver until 72 hours have elapsed from the time the gun dealer requested a criminal background check, and the gun dealer has received the background check approval number from the Department of State Police. Provides that a gun dealer who has the approval number and allows the required time period to elapse before transfer has immunity from civil liability for use of the transferred firearm or unfinished frame or receiver by the purchaser.

After Oregon’s Permit to Purchase (PTP) law takes effect, people with a PTP will still undergo a background check every time they attempt to purchase or transfer a firearm (exceptions for sale or transfer between immediate family members). This bill will add a waiting period of 72 hours between the time the arms dealer requests the background check, the check is approved and the time the purchaser can take possession of the firearm.

“Waiting period laws that delay the purchase of firearms by a few days reduce gun homicides by roughly 17%.”  M. Luca, D. Malhotra, & C. Poliquin, Handgun waiting periods reduce gun deaths, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 114 (46) 12162-12165, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1619896114 (2017).

“A subgroup analysis also found a significant 9-percent reduction in firearm suicide rates among older victims in states that introduced waiting periods, ” RAND Gun Policy in America,