The Bend City Council is moving forward with an ordinance that would ban all firearms in at least three city-owned buildings, removing an exemption for concealed carry license holders.

In June 2025, an Oregon state law, Senate Bill 243, was passed, banning gun modifications that allow rifles and handguns to be fired at a much faster rate.

Also referred to as the “Community Safety Firearms Act,” SB 243 did more than just ban bump stocks and nix switches, however.

The bill also revised Chapter 166 of Oregon’s state code, allowing local governments to restrict concealed carry license holders from carrying weapons into buildings “owned or controlled by” a local governing body, if the buildings are “used by the governing body for official meetings.”

Prior to the passing of SB 243, licensed concealed carry holders were given the only civilian exception to a ban on guns in public buildings in Oregon. Violation of that ban was, and is, a Class C felony offense, without the proper paperwork.

Now, paperwork or no paperwork, municipal and county governments can enforce a total ban on firearms in buildings that host “official meetings.”

Governing bodies must notify the public online of all buildings that fall under such policy and post signs explaining the restriction at “all normal points of entry” to said buildings.

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