Appropriates to the Department of State Police, for the biennium ending June 30, 2023, out of the General Fund, the amount of $2,600,000, for the purpose of funding the Firearms Instant Check System unit of the department.
Position: Support
Status: Senate Committee
The public hearing and work session for this bill have been cancelled.
Repeals statute creating state preemption of local firearm regulation and statutes creating exceptions to preemption.
Position: Neutral
Status: House Judiciary Committee
A work session in the House Judiciary Committee on March 30, 2021 sent this bill to the House Rules Committee.
Firearm background checks should be completed and approved before the sale or transfer of a firearm. The Charleston Loophole, however, allows sales or transfers to be completed without a background check. HB 2543 will require gun sellers to respect existing laws, including longstanding laws prohibiting felons, abusers, fugitives from justice and other prohibited purchasers from buying guns.
Position: Support
Status: House Rules Committee
The contents of HB 2510 have been added to SB 554B. The bill was passed by the Senate and was signed by Gov. Brown on June 1, 2021.
Ceasefire Oregon supported HB 2510 and recommended three additional amendments: an anti-trafficking amendment; an amendment to encourage a gun owner provide the serial number of a lost or stolen firearm; and an amendment to require Oregon State Police to provide a report on the theft or loss of privately held firearms in Oregon, a report indicating the method of storage of firearms used in all unintentional shootings, and a report of shootings involving minors.
The board of Ceasefire Oregon supports HB 2510 with or without these amendments.
Position: Support
Status: Added to SB 554B and passed.
Requires person to obtain permit before purchasing or otherwise receiving firearm under circumstances requiring criminal background check. Specifies qualifications for permit and procedures for applying for and issuing permit.
Position: Support
Status: Senate Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation.
Repeals statute creating state preemption of local firearm regulation and statutes creating exceptions to preemption.
Position: Neutral
Status: House Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation
June 1, 2021: SB 554B was signed by Gov. Brown.
May 5, 2021: SB 554B was passed in the Senate and now heads to Gov. Brown's desk for her signature.
The Oregon Senate passed SB 554A but significant changes were made by including HB 2510, the gun storage bill. The bill, now called SB 554B, passed the House on April 29 and will return to the Senate for a third reading (possible vote) on May 5, 2021.
The bill authorizes city, county, metropolitan service district, port operating commercial airport, school district, college or university to adopt ordinance or policy limiting or precluding affirmative defense for possession of firearms in public buildings by concealed handgun licensees. The bill also requires firearms to be kept under close physical control or locked. The bill requires reporting of lost or stolen firearms.
Position: Support
Status: Governor's Brown Desk Awaiting Her Signature
The public hearing is cancelled and the bill is dead. SB 396 is the second time in three years that Oregon has killed a bill that would ban undetectable and/or untraceable guns.
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: Dead in Committee
Ceasefire Oregon is neutral on HB 4005. We are encouraged that the legislature wishes to address the issue of unsecured guns and we recommend additional measures that research shows to be effective at increasing rates of gun storage, reducing gunshot death and injury, and addressing gun trafficking. Scroll to the bottom of this page for related studies.
Please contact your legislator and ask that HB 4005 be amended to include provisions that will make this bill a strong, effective law that will reduce gun violence.
Position: Neutral
Status: House Judiciary Committee
Cities, counties, metropolitan service districts, school districts, colleges, and universities can prohibit concealed handgun license holders from carrying loaded, hidden guns in public buildings, including buildings owned by the state.
Position: Support
Status: Senate Judiciary Committee