83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 987
Sponsored by Senator ANDERSON
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act directs the CJC to raise the crime category of felon in possession of a firearm
to 8. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8).
Directs the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to classify the crime of felon in possession of
a firearm as crime category 8.
1 A BILL FOR AN ACT
2 Relating to felon in possession of a firearm; amending ORS 166.270.
3 Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
4 SECTION 1. ORS 166.270 is amended to read:
5 166.270. (1) Any person who has been convicted of a felony under the law of this state or any
6 other state, or who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of the Government of the United
7 States, who owns or has in the person’s possession or under the person’s custody or control any
8 firearm commits the crime of felon in possession of a firearm.
9 (2) Any person who has been convicted of a felony under the law of this state or any other state,
10 or who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of the Government of the United States, who
11 owns or has in the person’s possession or under the person’s custody or control any instrument or
12 weapon having a blade that projects or swings into position by force of a spring or by centrifugal
13 force or any blackjack, slungshot, sandclub, sandbag, sap glove, metal knuckles or an Electro-
14 Muscular Disruption Technology device as defined in ORS 165.540, or who carries a dirk, dagger
15 or stiletto, commits the crime of felon in possession of a restricted weapon.
16 (3) For the purposes of this section, a person “has been convicted of a felony” if, at the time
17 of conviction for an offense, that offense was a felony under the law of the jurisdiction in which it
18 was committed. Such conviction shall not be deemed a conviction of a felony if:
19 (a) The court declared the conviction to be a misdemeanor at the time of judgment; or
20 (b) The offense was possession of marijuana and the conviction was prior to January 1, 1972.
21 (4) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to any person who has been:
22 (a) Convicted of only one felony under the law of this state or any other state, or who has been
23 convicted of only one felony under the laws of the United States, which felony did not involve
24 criminal homicide, as defined in ORS 163.005, or the possession or use of a firearm or a weapon
25 having a blade that projects or swings into position by force of a spring or by centrifugal force, and
26 who has been discharged from imprisonment, parole or probation for said offense for a period of 15
27 years prior to the date of alleged violation of subsection (1) of this section; or
28 (b) Granted relief from the disability under 18 U.S.C. 925(c) or ORS 166.274 or has had the
29 person’s record expunged under the laws of this state or equivalent laws of another jurisdiction.
30 (5) Felon in possession of a firearm is a Class C felony. Felon in possession of a restricted
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 3857
 SB 987
1 weapon is a Class A misdemeanor.
2 (6) The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission shall classify felon in possession of a
3 firearm as crime category 8 of the sentencing guidelines grid of the commission.
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