Creates a credit against personal income tax for the cost of a criminal history record check required by state law for a transfer of a firearm.
Position: Oppose
Status: Senate Judiciary Committee with subsequent referral to House Committee on Revenue
This bill would allow anyone who has an Oregon concealed handgun license (CHL) to skip the requirement to obtain a permit to purchase before acquiring a firearm in Oregon. Under Measure 114, the permit to purchase process requires hands-on training which Oregon CHL does not.
Position: Oppose
Status: House Judiciary Committee
The Act prohibits a parent from being left alone with a child if the parent commits certain acts with a gun.
Position: Support
Status: House Judiciary Committee
Provides that a person is automatically qualified to obtain a permit to purchase a firearm if the person holds a valid concealed handgun license.
Position: Oppose
Status: Senate Judiciary Committee
Allows people with concealed carry permits in another state to carry a loaded, hidden gun in Oregon as long as that person is a resident of a state with concealed carry requirements equal to or better than Oregon's.
Position: Oppose
Status: House Ways and Means Committee
SJR 27 proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to the right to carry concealed firearms.
Position: Oppose
Status: Senate Rules Committee
Exempts a transferee who is a certified participant in the Address Confidentiality Program, or who has a driver license with a continuous traveler address, from the private firearm transfer criminal background check requirement.
Position: Oppose
Status: Senate Judiciary Committee
Changes the term “militia” in the state statutes to “national guard.”
Position: Support
Status: Senate Committee On Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs
Authorizes the governing bodies of certain public entities that own or control public buildings to adopt a policy, ordinance or regulation limiting the affirmative defense for concealed handgun licensees for the crime of possessing a firearm in a public building. Provides that in a prosecution for possessing a firearm in a building or on grounds subject to such a policy, ordinance or regulation, the concealed handgun licensee affirmative defense is not a complete defense, but results in a Class A misdemeanor conviction.
Position: Support
Status: Senate Judiciary Committee
Prohibits a person under 21 years of age from possessing firearms with specified exceptions.
Position: Support
Status: Senate Judiciary Committee