HB 4096
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The bill creates a new Class B felony for convicted felons who possess three or more firearms or have a prior aggravated conviction, increasing the maximum penalty to 10 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine, while retaining the existing Class C felony for possessing any single firearm. It also adjusts sentencing guideline categories based on firearm quantity and repeat offenses.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Introduced
Official sources do not state why this measure was proposed.
Sponsor testimony, staff summaries, committee materials, or statutory findings may explain it.
Inferred from cited text; not a stated purpose.
The measure appears designed to increase penalties for high-volume firearm possession by convicted felons, potentially targeting organized illegal trafficking or armed criminal enterprises.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Introduced
Face heightened Class B felony charges if holding three or more guns, or if they have a prior aggravated conviction. Existing Class C felony charge remains for single-firearm possession.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Introduced
Must track firearm quantities and prior aggravated convictions to determine correct charging levels and sentencing guideline categories (7 vs. 8).
Basis: Inferred · Source: Introduced
Charging decisions will hinge on precise inventory of firearms at the time of arrest and verification of prior aggravated convictions. Sentencing exposure increases significantly, affecting plea negotiations and incarceration terms. Law enforcement must document exact firearm counts during searches to support enhanced charges.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Introduced
Non-violent possessors with legitimate holdings
A convicted felon who legally possessed three firearms for a legitimate purpose (e.g., competitive shooting, estate collection) faces a Class B felony charge with up to 10 years in prison, despite no violent conduct or intent to commit further crimes.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Introduced
Repeat offenders with high-volume possession
A repeat offender possessing six firearms could be classified under sentencing guideline category 8, potentially triggering longer presumptive sentences, while a single-firearm possessor retains the lower Class C classification.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Introduced
The text legally permits enhanced charges based solely on firearm count and prior convictions. Weak enforcement or misclassification could lead to disproportionate sentencing for non-violent possessors if quantity thresholds are applied rigidly without considering context (e.g., inherited firearms, temporary storage). Duty creep may occur if prosecutors use the threshold to pressure pleas in cases where the additional guns pose no immediate threat.
Sources · Introduced
The measure increases penalties for high-volume firearm possession by felons to potentially deter trafficking and armed crime, but it also expands severe felony exposure to non-violent possessors based strictly on quantity thresholds rather than demonstrated dangerousness.
Targets high-volume illegal firearm markets and repeat offenders with proportionate sentencing enhancements.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Introduced
Criminalizes possession of multiple firearms for lawful purposes without requiring proof of violent intent or immediate public safety risk.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Introduced
high confidence. Analysis is grounded exclusively in the introduced bill text and official fiscal/revenue statements. No prior versions or external data were available for comparison.
Possible effects if adopted; not current bill text.
The amendment removes the introduced bill’s creation of a new “aggravated felon in possession” crime and its three-firearm threshold, replacing it with a modified version of ORS 166.270 that elevates standard felon-in-possession charges to a Class B felony only when six or more firearms are possessed. It explicitly directs the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to classify that elevated offense as crime category 7 on the sentencing guidelines grid. Material consequence: Defendants possessing three to five firearms will face Class C felony charges instead of Class B, reducing maximum penalties and altering plea leverage, while prosecutors lose a dedicated statutory tier for mid-range firearm accumulation.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment; Introduced
Official sources do not state why this measure was proposed.
Sponsor testimony, staff summaries, committee materials, or statutory findings may explain it.
Inferred from cited text; not a stated purpose.
The committee likely recalibrated the penalty threshold to align state sentencing exposure with existing federal relief frameworks or to reduce the volume of Class B felony convictions while retaining enhanced penalties for large-scale possession.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Will be charged as a standard Class C felony rather than an enhanced Class B offense, lowering maximum imprisonment terms and reducing collateral consequences.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Remain subject to Class B felony charges and crime category 7 sentencing guidelines, with no change to their statutory exposure.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Lose the statutory basis for a distinct “aggravated” charge at the three-firearm threshold, requiring adjusted charging guidelines and jury instructions.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Receives explicit statutory direction to classify the six-firearm offense as crime category 7, standardizing sentencing calculations across courts.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Lowers the firearm count threshold for avoiding Class B felony status from three to six. Existing relief pathways under ORS 166.274 and federal law remain unchanged.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Official fiscal analysis indicates minimal revenue impact on state or local government expenditures. Courts and prosecutors will need to update charging manuals and jury instructions to reflect the removal of the three-firearm enhanced tier.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Fiscal Impact Statement A; Revenue Impact Statement A; IS_Impact HB 4096 1
Potential for inconsistent charging if prosecutors attempt to use alternative statutes to reach similar outcomes for mid-range possession, creating disparity in sentencing exposure.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Nonviolent offender with single prior conviction
Possesses five legally acquired firearms and is charged under this statute. Under the amendment, they face a Class C felony with a lower sentencing range and greater eligibility for probation or diversion, avoiding the severe collateral consequences of a Class B conviction.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Repeat violent offender on supervised release
Accumulates six unregistered firearms. Prosecutors are limited to charging a Class B felony (crime category 7) rather than a higher-tier enhanced offense, potentially resulting in a shorter presumptive sentence and reduced deterrence for large-scale illegal arms accumulation.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
The text legally permits charging individuals with three to five firearms as a standard Class C felony. A potentially unlawful outcome could arise if prosecutors or law enforcement misclassify the offense to invoke other enhanced statutes, or if duty creep occurs by treating mid-range possession as equivalent to the repealed “aggravated” tier through plea coercion, effectively circumventing the legislative threshold adjustment without violating the letter of the amended statute.
Sources · Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
The measure trades broader enhanced penalties for mid-range firearm possession against reduced sentencing exposure and streamlined charging standards for a larger pool of defendants. Upsides include lower incarceration costs, fewer Class B felony records, and clearer sentencing grid alignment. Downsides include diminished statutory leverage to address concentrated illegal firearm accumulation and potential gaps in deterrence for offenders possessing multiple weapons below the new six-firearm threshold.
Lower incarceration costs and fewer Class B felony records for defendants in the three-to-five firearm range.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Clearer sentencing grid alignment through explicit CJC classification direction.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Diminished statutory leverage to address concentrated illegal firearm accumulation below the new threshold.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
Potential gaps in deterrence for offenders possessing multiple weapons without triggering enhanced penalties.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -1 — proposed amendment
high confidence. Analysis is grounded exclusively in the supplied proposed amendment text, introduced bill context, and official fiscal statements. No legislative intent or external events are assumed.
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Posted Jan 28, 2026, 3:25 PM PST
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What the document says to change
On page 1 of the printed bill, delete lines 4 through 28 and delete page 2 2 and insert: 3 “SECTION 1.
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Chief sponsors: Representative Ricki Ruiz
Regular sponsors: Representative Mark Gamba, Representative Cyrus Javadi, Representative Lesly Muñoz, Senator Lew Frederick, Senator Deb Patterson, Senator Janeen Sollman, Senator Suzanne Weber, Representative Daniel Nguyen
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In committee upon adjournment.
Work Session held.
Work Session
Heard · Agenda item 7 · Room HR B · Creates the crime of aggravated felon in possession of a firearm when a person who has been convicted of a felony possesses three or more firearms or has certain prior convictions.
IS_Impact HB 4096 1
Revenue Impact Statement
Amendment -1 proposed
Public Hearing held.
Public Hearing
Heard · Agenda item 4 · Room HR B · Creates the crime of aggravated felon in possession of a firearm when a person who has been convicted of a felony possesses three or more firearms or has certain prior convictions.
Referred to Judiciary.
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
“Creates the crime of aggravated felon in possession of a firearm when a person who has been convicted of a felony possesses three or more firearms or has certain prior convictions.”
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