HB 2774 : Parental Abuse with Firearms

Position: Support Status: House Judiciary Committee

The Act prohibits a parent from being left alone with a child if the parent commits certain acts with a gun.

Update

March 26, 2025

2-17 (H) Public Hearing held.
1-17 (H) Referred to Judiciary.
1-13 (H) First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
Chief Sponsors: Representative Evans

Oregon OLIS information on this bill is here.

Gunshot wound is the leading cause of death for kids and teens in the United States. (Johns Hopkins) Sometimes, the shooters are the parents. What is rarely discussed or studied, however, is how parents use firearms to threaten and intimidate their own children.

Watch the February 17, 2025 video testimony here.