SB 797 Oregon
Firearm Safety Package of 2017: This bill is now SB 1065
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
Legislation
FRMA Oregon
SB 764: 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
SB 681 Oregon
Relaxes laws relating to possession of firearms, including organized militia
Exempts federal and state military personnel from laws establishing crime of unlawful possession of firearm when engaged in official functions on military property.
Authorizes Governor or Adjutant General to issue regulations regarding use and possession of firearms on military property.
Position: Neutral
Status: Senate Presidents Desk - Awaiting Referral
SB 495 Oregon
Counties can regulate used firearms purchased by pawnshops and secondhand stores
Authorizes county to regulate purchase of used firearms by pawnshops and secondhand stores.
Position: Neutral
Status: Senate Committee on Judiciary
SB 554 Oregon
Increased penalties for use or threatened use of firearm
Increases penalties for felonies having as element defendant’s use or threatened use of firearm in commission of a crime.
Position: Neutral
Status: Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee, then to Ways and Means
SB 469 Oregon
Fingerprint alternative
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
SB 667 Oregon
No background check for sale, transfer of antique firearm
Defines term "antique firearm." Provides that unlicensed person transferring antique firearm to another unlicensed person is not required to request criminal background check.
Position: Neutral
Status: Senate Committee on Judiciary
HB 2808 Oregon
State police to study reasons for concealed handgun license denials
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
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
HB 2617 Oregon
Expands CHL from 4 to 5 years, expands disqualifications
Ceasefire Oregon opposes expanding the length of time that concealed handgun license (CHL) is valid (from 4 to 5 years). Increasing the amount of time for another verification of eligibility by 1 year (25%) does not protect Oregonians.
Modifies requirements for and disqualifications from obtaining concealed handgun license.
-Expands disqualifications for a concealed handgun license to convictions in another state.
-Increases portion of fee for issuance or renewal of license from $50 to $85.
-Increases length of time that concealed handgun license is valid (from 4 to 5 years).
Position: Neutral
Status: House Committee On Judiciary