House Bill 2529 | At the request of: Chief Sponsors: Representative Witt; Regular Sponsors: (Presession Filed); -- Relating to concealed handgun licenses; Exempts certain transferors of firearms from requesting criminal history record check if purchaser or recipient has concealed handgun license.

Summary: HOUSE BILL 2529 - Exempts certain transferors of firearms from requesting criminal history record check if purchaser or recipient has concealed handgun license. Requires county sheriff to request that Department of State Police perform criminal records check with National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Requires sheriff to obtain certain information from noncitizen applicants before issuing concealed handgun license. >> Learn more >>

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Status: Current Location: In House Committee Current Committee: Judiciary

House BILL 2529 - filed | 2015 Regular Session. Next Date: TBA; Committee Meetings - No Meetings Currently Scheduled; Floor Sessions - No Floor Sessions to Display

See - https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2015R1/Measures/Overview/HB2529 - for schedule.   - You may also get hard copies if you are in Salem by going to the bill room downstairs in the Capitol.

History:

1-12 (H) | First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

1-16 (H) | Referred to Judiciary.

Be Aware! of what House Bill 2529 will mean ...

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SECTION 1. ORS 166.412 is amended to read:

(13) Subsection (2)(d) and (e) of this section does not apply if the purchaser is licensed under ORS 166.291 and 166.292 to carry a concealed handgun.

SECTION 2. ORS 166.438 is amended to read: 166.438. (1) A transferor other than a gun dealer may not transfer a firearm at a gun show unless the transferor:

(b) Subsection (1)(a)(A) and (B) of this section does not apply if the recipient is licensed under ORS 166.291 and 166.292 to carry a concealed handgun.

(o) Is not required to register as a sex offender in any state[.]; and (p) Is not prohibited by federal law from possessing a firearm.

(a) The application must state the applicant’s legal name, current address and telephone number, date and place of birth, hair and eye color and height and weight. The application must also list the applicant’s residence address or addresses for the previous three years. The application must contain a statement by the applicant that the applicant meets the requirements of subsection (1) of this section. The application must state the applicant’s place of birth and country of citizenship and, if the applicant is not a citizen of the United States, the applicant’s United States Im- migration and Customs Enforcement alien registration number or United States Citizenship and Immigration Services number. The application may include the Social Security number of the applicant if the applicant voluntarily provides this number. The application must be signed by the applicant.

(b) The applicant must submit to fingerprinting and photographing by the sheriff. The sheriff shall fingerprint and photograph the applicant and [shall conduct any investigation necessary to corroborate the requirements listed under subsection (1) of this section. If a nationwide criminal records check is necessary, the sheriff] shall request the Department of State Police to conduct [the] a criminal records check[, including fingerprint identification, through] utilizing the National Instant Criminal Background Check System described in 18 U.S.C. 922 and operated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. If the person is not a citizen, the Department of State Police shall provide to the Federal Bureau of Investigation any information needed to perform an Immigration Alien Query. If fingerprint identification is necessary, the Department of State Police shall provide the applicant’s fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall return the fingerprint cards used to conduct the criminal records check and may not keep any record of the fingerprints. The Department of State Police shall report the results of the [fingerprint-based] criminal records check to the sheriff[. The Department of State Police shall also] and shall furnish the sheriff with any information about the applicant that the Department of State Police may have in its possession including, but not limited to, manual or computerized criminal offender information. The sheriff may conduct any additional investi- gation necessary to corroborate the requirements listed under subsection (1) of this section.

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(h) Has not been convicted of a misdemeanor or found guilty, except for insanity under ORS 161.295, of a misdemeanor within the four years prior to the application, including a misdemeanor conviction for the possession of marijuana as described in paragraph (L) of this subsection;

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(L) Has not been convicted of an offense involving controlled substances or participated in a court-supervised drug diversion program, except this disability does not operate to exclude a person if:

(A) The person can demonstrate that the person has been convicted only once of a marijuana possession offense that constituted a misdemeanor or violation under the law of the jurisdiction of the offense, and has not completed a drug diversion program for a marijuana possession offense that constituted a misdemeanor or violation under the law of the jurisdiction of the offense; or

(B) The person can demonstrate that the person has only once completed a drug diversion program for a marijuana possession offense that constituted a misdemeanor or violation under the law of the jurisdiction of the offense, and has not been convicted of a marijuana possession offense that constituted a misdemeanor or violation under the law of the jurisdiction of the offense;

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(10) As used in this section, “drug diversion program” means a program in which a defendant charged with a marijuana possession offense completes a program under court supervision and in which the marijuana possession offense is dismissed upon successful completion of the diversion program.

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See - https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2015R1/Measures/Overview/HB2529 - for latest.