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This bill is no longer active.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
Requires gun dealer to substitute alternative fingerprint for criminal background check if firearm purchaser is unable to provide thumbprint.
The concept of this bill has been added to FRMA (was SB 764, awaiting a new bill number in Senate Rules Committee).
Position: Support
Status: Senate Committee on Judiciary
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: House Committee On Judiciary
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
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
Establishes refundable credit against personal income taxes for purchase of qualifying gun safes.
Position: Support
Status: House Committee On Revenue
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