HR 62 National
Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act
To provide for the hiring of 200 additional Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents and investigators to enforce gun laws.
Position: Support
Status: Died in a previous Congress
Legislation
SB 66 Oregon
Passed! Psychiatric Security Review Board: Persons prohibited from possessing or purchasing guns
Requires court to notify person found guilty except for insanity of sex crime of obligation to report as sex offender.
Requires court to notify person found to be person with mental illness when state or federal law prohibits person from purchasing or possessing firearm unless person obtains relief from prohibition.
Requires court to notify person determined to lack fitness to proceed that federal law prohibits person from purchasing or possessing firearm unless person obtains relief from prohibition.
Position: Support
Status: House Committee On Judiciary
SB 232 Oregon
Relating to surrender of firearms for persons prohibited due to DVRO
Requires court to ask petitioner at hearing for family or household abuse restraining order whether respondent possesses any firearms and to record answer on order. Directs presiding judge of judicial district to adopt protocols relating to surrender of firearms by persons prohibited by court order from possessing firearms.
Position: Support
Status: Senate Committee on Judiciary
HB 2592 Oregon
Tax credit for gun safes
Establishes refundable credit against personal income taxes for purchase of qualifying gun safes.
Position: Support
Status: House Committee On Revenue
HB 2526 Oregon
Gun sellers MAY provide educational materials (change from “shall” to “may”)
Directs Department of Justice to establish firearm safety and suicide prevention education program, to create or approve education materials and to provide educational materials to gun dealers.
Position: Support
Status: Dead in Committee
HB 2523 Oregon
Safekeeping of Firearms
Authorizes gun dealer to accept for safekeeping firearm surrendered by person or family or household member of person who is at risk of causing physical injury to self or others with firearm
Position: Support
Status: House Committee On Judiciary
HB 2237 Oregon
Firearm Safety Package
-This bill is the House version of SB 797 which is currently awaiting a new bill number in the Senate Rules Committee.
-Closes Charleston Loophole: Prohibits transfer of firearm by gun dealer or private party if Department of State Police is unable to determine whether recipient is qualified to receive firearm.
-Changes relationship status requirement from “intimate partner” to “family or household member:” Modifies definition of relationship status pertaining to types of court orders and misdemeanor convictions that cause person to be prohibited from possessing firearms.
-Prohibits purchase/possession of guns by those convicted of stalking: Provides that conviction for stalking causes person to be prohibited from possessing firearm unless person obtains relief from prohibition.
Position: Support
Status: House Committee On Judiciary
HB 2130 Oregon
Child Access Prevention
Creates crime of endangering a minor by allowing access to a firearm.
SB 1026 is the same bill introduced in the Senate.
Position: Support
Status: House Committee On Judiciary
H.R. 1076 National
Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015
Amends the federal criminal code to grant the Attorney General the authority to deny the transfer of firearms or the issuance of a federal firearms and explosives license to any individual if the Attorney General: (1) determines that such individual has been engaged in or has provided material support or resources for terrorist activities, and (2) has a reasonable belief that such individual may use a firearm or explosive in connection with terrorism. Allows any individual whose firearm or explosives license application has been denied to bring legal action challenging the denial.
Prohibits the sale or distribution of firearms or explosives to any individual whom the Attorney General has determined to be engaged in terrorist activities.
Position: Support
Status: In House
H.R. 3411 National
Fix Gun Checks Act of 2015 (HR 3411/S 2934)
• Expands Brady background checks to all gun sales to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people like felons, fugitives and domestic abusers.
• Improves reporting of prohibited purchasers to the National Instant Check System (NICS).
• Requires federal agencies to certify that they have provided appropriate records to NICS.
• Incorporates and expands regulation about people determined to be adjudicated mentally ill.
• Requires gun owners to report their lost or stolen firearm(s) within 48 hours.
Information provided by the Brady Campaign.
Position: Support
Status: H.R. 3411 is In the House, S. 2934 is in the Senate