Oregon: Committee Action for Ballot Measure 114 Implementation Bill Rescheduled

Just hours after our previous alert, the House Judiciary Committee rescheduled the work session on House Bill 4145, the Ballot Measure 114 bait and switch implementation bill, to Monday, February 16th. At the time of this posting, no amendments have been proposed to be considered during the work session. 

Please contact members of the committee by using the TAKE ACTION button below and continue urging them to OPPOSE HB 4145.

HB 4145 would legislatively implement an override of the ballot measure with the following major changes that were NOT approved by the voters:

1. Doubles the amount of time for state bureaucrats to issue the required permit to lawfully purchase a firearm from 30 days to 60 days.
2. Increases the cost for the permit by more than 130%, from $65 to $150, a clear attempt to make lawful gun ownership unobtainable through financial barriers.
3. Carves out on and off duty law enforcement from the permit requirement and magazine capacity limitations, creating different classes of people for lawful firearm ownership.
4. Pushes the permit requirement date to January 2028, showing the state isn’t even remotely prepared to take on a permitting scheme.

Ballot Measure 114 has been subject to several legal challenges since narrowly passing, receiving just 50.1% of the vote in 2022. NRA's legal challenge, Eyre v. Rosenblum, remains active in the 9^th Circuit.  HB 4145 is an attempt by the legislature to override the will of the voters and superimpose additional gun control measures. HB 4145 will do nothing to address criminal misuse of firearms, but instead will escalate costs and bureaucratic red tape for law-abiding gun owners. 

Please stay tuned to the NRA-ILA website and your inbox for updates.