2022 Ballot Measures: Update - May 1, 2022

2022 Ballot Measures:    Here is the current Status of the Initiative Petitions in Oregon.

Summary:      IP13 has been withdrawn and IP17-18 are still gathering signatures.
 
Initiative Petition 13:   
Status:      Not active- Withdrawn by Chief Petitioner, 3/28/2022

• Initiative Petition 13 would criminalize the killing of animals for food purposes, effectively banning hunting and fishing in Oregon.
• Draft Ballot Title – “Prohibits injuring or killing animals, most breeding practices; limited self-defense exceptions. Redefines animal abuse as a crime”

 
Initiative Petition 17:   
Status:   Over 50% signatures gathered for Ballot Measure.

• Initiative Petition 17 would require Oregonians to apply for a “permit-to-purchase” a firearm and require the Department of State Police to maintain an electronic database of permits with notes on what permits are expired or revoked.
• Additionally, IP 17 would limit magazines to 10 rounds or less to “promote the public health and safety of the residents of this state.”
• Certified Ballot Title – “Requires permit to acquire firearms; creates permit database; prohibits ammunition magazines over ten rounds; exceptions.”

 
Initiative Petition 18: 
Status:   Over 50% signatures gathered for Ballot Measure.

• Initiative Petition 18 would outright ban a huge variety of firearms and accessories, require registration of semiautomatic firearms within 180 days of enactment, and require the Oregon State Police to maintain a “semiautomatic assault firearm registration.”
• Certified Ballot Title – “Prohibits manufacturing/ possessing/ transferring many semiautomatic firearms; criminal penalties; limited exception if existing firearms registered.