2009 Oregon Legislative Session Comes to a Close

Several other measures -- including CHL confidentiality (House Bill 2727) and Concealed Handgun Licenses reciprocity (House Bill 2463) legislation - started out promising and with broad, bipartisan support, but ended up being amended by anti-gun members of the House Judiciary Committee to the point where NRA and key legislative backers of the bills could no longer support them.  Those measures both ultimately failed to pass. 

Lastly, NRA-ILA worked tirelessly throughout the session to amend House Bill 2853, the Oregon State Police-backed mental health records bill.  The intent of the legislation was to bring Oregon into compliance with provisions of the NICS Improvement Act by requiring the reporting of records on individuals who are prohibited from possessing firearms due to mental defect to both Oregon State Police and the feds.  At every step of the process, NRA worked to prevent the expansion of record-sharing beyond existing federal prohibited firearms possession categories, and insisted on amendments to protect individual privacy, limit direct access to mental health records by law enforcement and ensure an adequate and fair appeals process.  A heavily-amended version of the measure passed, but has not yet been signed into law.

Thank you to those members who voiced their opinions during this session and please continue to check you email and www.nraila.org for updates.