Directs Oregon Health Authority to establish firearm safety and suicide prevention education program consisting of creation or approval of specified educational materials and provision of materials to gun dealers.
Provides that gun dealers may make educational materials available to firearm purchasers.
Position: Support
Status: House Committee on Health Care
Creates crime of endangering a minor by allowing access to a firearm. Requires gun dealer to post notice concerning obligation to prevent minors from accessing firearm without consent of minor’s parent or guardian.
Position: Support
Status: Died in House Committee On Judiciary
This bill is no longer active.
Requires gun dealer to substitute alternative fingerprint for criminal background check if firearm purchaser is unable to provide thumbprint.
Authorizes Department of State Police to accept requests and provide results for firearm transfer criminal background checks electronically.
Authorizes department to accept transaction record form issued by federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that includes thumbprint in lieu of firearms transaction thumbprint form
Position: Neutral
Status: Senate Committee on Judiciary
Signed by Governor Kate Brown at a special ceremony on September 18, 2017. The bill creates a process for obtaining extreme risk protection order that temporarily prohibits a person from possessing firearms when court finds that person presents imminent risk, or risk in foreseeable future, of suicide or causing injury to other persons.
Two other states, Illinois and Colorado
Position: Support
Status: Law is in effect
This bill is no longer active.
Requires law enforcement agency that takes custody of firearms under firearms surrender protocol to establish procedures to notify certain individuals of law enforcement agency's anticipated return of firearm.
Chief Sponsors: Senator Gelser, Monnes Anderson
Regular Sponsors: Senator Manning Jr, Olsen, Roblan, Winters
Position: Support
Status: Senate Committee on Judiciary
Due to a procedural error, SB 797 has been renamed SB 1065 and is in the Senate Rules Committee.
Position: Support
Status: This bill is now SB 1065
FRMA (was SB 764): New amendments include required CHL applicants to fire at least 25 bullets before receiving a CHL. Ceasefire Oregon urges legislators to include marksmanship and conflict de-escalation training.
Directs Department of State Police to study reasons for certain denials of concealed handgun license applications and report results to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary on or before February 1, 2019.
Sunsets January 2, 2020.
Position: Support
Status: This bill is now SB 1065
Exempts federal and state military personnel from laws establishing crime of unlawful possession of firearm when engaged in official functions on military property.
Authorizes Governor or Adjutant General to issue regulations regarding use and possession of firearms on military property.
Position: Neutral
Status: Senate Presidents Desk - Awaiting Referral
Authorizes county to regulate purchase of used firearms by pawnshops and secondhand stores.
Position: Neutral
Status: Senate Committee on Judiciary
Increases penalties for felonies having as element defendant’s use or threatened use of firearm in commission of a crime.
Position: Neutral
Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee, then to Ways and Means