Signed by Governor Kate Brown

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that authorizes local governments and school districts to prohibit guns on capital and state property.

Highlights:

• Authorizes any entity that owns, occupies, or controls a public building to adopt any ordinance, rule, or policy limiting or precluding the possession of a firearm by individuals licensed to own firearms in those public buildings owned, occupied, or controlled by the entity (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the aforementioned ordinance may not limit or preclude the possession of a firearm in any area that serves as a parking area or parking garage (Sec. 1).

• Requires that any entity that adopts an ordinance, rule, or policy under this act to post a sign, with a universally understandable symbol, visible to the public, identifying all locations where the aforementioned ordinance is in effect and firearms are prohibited (Sec. 1).

• Classifies a “public building” as (Sec. 2-9):

• A hospital;

• A capitol building;

• A public or private school;

• A college or university;

• A city hall;

• The residence of any state official elected by the state at large[, and the grounds adjacent to each such building;

• A building owned by the state or by a city, a county, a district or any other entity that falls within the definition of “municipal corporation”; or

• The portion of any other building occupied or controlled by an agency of the state or by a city, a county, a district, or any other entity that falls within the definition of “municipal corporation”, other than a court facility.

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes local governments and school districts to prohibit guns on capital and state property.

Highlights:

• Authorizes any entity that owns, occupies, or controls a public building to adopt any ordinance, rule, or policy limiting or precluding the possession of a firearm by individuals licensed to own firearms in those public buildings owned, occupied, or controlled by the entity (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the aforementioned ordinance may not limit or preclude the possession of a firearm in any area that serves as a parking area or parking garage (Sec. 1).

• Requires that any entity that adopts an ordinance, rule, or policy under this act to post a sign, with a universally understandable symbol, visible to the public, identifying all locations where the aforementioned ordinance is in effect and firearms are prohibited (Sec. 1).

• Classifies a “public building” as (Sec. 2-9):

• A hospital;

• A capitol building;

• A public or private school;

• A college or university;

• A city hall;

• The residence of any state official elected by the state at large[, and the grounds adjacent to each such building;

• A building owned by the state or by a city, a county, a district or any other entity that falls within the definition of “municipal corporation”; or

• The portion of any other building occupied or controlled by an agency of the state or by a city, a county, a district, or any other entity that falls within the definition of “municipal corporation”, other than a court facility.

Full Bill Text