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HB 2373 Oregon

DOJ Study of Unlawful Possession of Firearms

Directs Department of Justice to study ways to address unlawful possession of firearms, and to provide results of study to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than December 31, 2024. Sunsets January 2, 2025.

This bill is not likely to move forward because it has not been scheduled for a hearing.

Position: Support

Status: House Judiciary Committee

HB 2005 B Oregon

Ban Ghost Guns

Signed into law on July 13. Congratulations!
Prohibits manufacture or possession of firearms or firearm receivers that lack serial numbers and firearms that lack a metal piece (called a security exemplar) that allows metal detectors to detect firearms.

HB 2005 B continues Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum’s work to prevent hate groups and terrorists from printing guns that are undetectable and untraceable.

Undetectable guns can completely bypass metal detectors at security check points.

The following has been removed from HB 2005 to appease Republicans:

Increases the age of purchase or possession of a firearm to 21 with exceptions of hunting rifles or firearms transferred to the minor as a gift from a parent or guardian.

Allows active duty military and police under 21 to possess firearms regardless of increased risk of suicide.

Gives cities, counties, districts, and municipal corporations control to regulate carry of concealed guns.

Position: Support

Status: Senate Rules Committee

SB 348 Oregon

Modified Measure 114 (Was DOJ Study of Unlawful Possession of Firearms)

SB 348 will not move forward in the 2023 session. The bill is not necessary to fund or implement Measure 114 which is already the law in Oregon but is waiting for a court stay to be lifted for implementation.

Position: Support

Status: Joint Committee On Ways and Means Subcommittee On Capital Construction

SB 551 Oregon

Schools Provide Information About Secure Storage of Medications and Firearms

Requires school districts to provide specified information related to secure storage of medications and firearms. Directs Oregon Health Authority to make information available to school districts.


Hearings have not been scheduled for this bill, therefore, the bill is unlikely to move forward in the 2023 legislative session.

Position: Support

Status: Senate Education Committee

SB 527 Oregon

Gun Dealers Will Not Face Discrimination Charges for Not Selling Firearms to People Under Age of 21

Federal licensed firearms dealers who do not sell firearms to people under the age of 21 will no longer face discrimination charges.

Position: Support

Status: Senate Judiciary Committee

HB 3060 Oregon

Tax Credit for Gun Safes

Establishes tax credit against personal income taxes for purchase of qualifying gun safes or locking mechanisms. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, and before January 1, 2030.

Position: Support

Status: House Judiciary Committee

HR 7910 National

Protect Our Kids Act

This bill makes various changes to federal firearms laws, including to establish new criminal offenses and to expand the types of weapons and devices that are subject to regulation.

Among the changes, the bill:
-generally prohibits the sale or transfer of certain semiautomatic firearms to individuals who are under 21 years of age;
-establishes new federal criminal offenses for gun trafficking and related conduct;
-establishes a federal statutory framework to regulate ghost guns (i.e., guns without serial numbers);
-establishes a framework to regulate the storage of firearms on residential premises at the federal, state, and tribal levels;
-subjects bump stocks to regulation under federal firearms laws; and
-generally prohibits the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, and possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (more than 15 rounds).

Position: Support

Status: US Senate

Measure 114 Oregon

Permit to Purchase a Firearm, Limit High-Capacity Ammunition

Measure 114 requires a permit to purchase a firearm, hands on training before a firearm is purchased, a successfully COMPLETED background check, and limits high-capacity magazines to ten rounds.

Position: Support

Status: Measure 114 is is the law in Oregon.

HR 748 National

Ethan’s Law

This bill establishes a framework to regulate the storage of firearms on residential premises at the federal, state, and tribal levels.

At the federal level, the bill establishes statutory requirements for firearms on residential premises to be safely stored if a minor is likely to gain access without permission or if a resident is ineligible to possess a firearm.

An individual who violates the requirements is subject to criminal penalties. A firearm stored in violation of the requirements is subject to seizure and forfeiture.

At the state and tribal levels, the bill requires the Department of Justice to award grants to implement functionally identical requirements for the safe storage of firearms.

Position: Support

Status: House Judiciary Committee

SB 1577 Oregon

Ban Undetectable and/or Untraceable Firearms

Three dimensional printing (also called additive manufacturing) allows criminals and terrorists to make firearms that do not have a serial number, thereby rendering a firearm untraceable to law enforcement. The process also allows criminals and terrorists to make firearms without mechanism (called a security exemplar), thereby rendering a firearm undetectable by metal detectors.

Position: Support

Status: Senate Judiciary Committee