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Oklahoma Legislature· HB 1990Remove as author Senator Weaver; authored by Senator Hamilton

An act relating to firearms, the official text

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1                    STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

3 HOUSE BILL 1990               By: Turner

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6                    AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to firearms; amending 21 O.S. 2021,

    Section 1283, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 299,

8   O.S.L. 2022 (21 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 1283), which

    relates to carrying firearms by convicted felons and

9   delinquents; defining term; and providing an

    effective date.

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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

14  SECTION 1.      AMENDATORY  21 O.S. 2021, Section 1283, as

15 amended by Section 1, Chapter 299, O.S.L. 2022 (21 O.S. Supp. 2024,

16 Section 1283), is amended to read as follows:

17  Section 1283.

18                  CONVICTED FELONS AND DELINQUENTS

19  A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, it shall

20 be unlawful for any person convicted of any felony in any court of

21 this state or of another state or of the United States to have in

22 his or her possession or under his or her immediate control, or in

23 any vehicle which the person is operating, or at the residence where

24 the convicted person resides, any pistol, imitation or homemade

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1 pistol, altered air or toy pistol, machine gun, sawed-off shotgun or

2 sawed-off rifle, or any other firearm.

3   B. Any person who has previously been convicted of a nonviolent

4 felony in any court of this state or of another state or of the

5 United States, and who has received a full and complete pardon from

6 the proper authority and has not been convicted of any other felony

7 offense which has not been pardoned, shall have restored the right

8 to possess any firearm or other weapon prohibited by subsection A of

9 this section, the right to apply for and carry a handgun, concealed

10 or unconcealed, pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-

11 Defense Act or as otherwise permitted by law, and have the right to

12 perform the duties of a peace officer, gunsmith, and for firearms

13 repair.

14  C. It shall be unlawful for any person serving a term of

15 probation for any felony in any court of this state or of another

16 state or of the United States or under the jurisdiction of any

17 alternative court program to have in his or her possession or under

18 his or her immediate control, or at his or her residence, or in any

19 passenger vehicle which the person is operating, any pistol, shotgun

20 or rifle including any imitation or homemade pistol, altered air or

21 toy pistol, toy shotgun or toy rifle, while such person is subject

22 to supervision, probation, parole or inmate status.

23  D. It shall be unlawful for any person previously adjudicated

24 as a delinquent child or a youthful offender for the commission of

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1 an offense, which would have constituted a felony offense if

2 committed by an adult, to have in the possession of the person or

3 under the immediate control of the person, or have in any vehicle

4 which he or she is driving, or at the residence of the person, any

5 pistol, imitation or homemade pistol, altered air or toy pistol,

6 machine gun, sawed-off shotgun or sawed-off rifle, or any other

7 dangerous or deadly firearm within ten (10) years after such

8 adjudication; provided, that nothing in this subsection shall be

9 construed to prohibit the placement of the person in a home with a

10 full-time duly appointed peace officer who is certified by the

11 Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET) pursuant

12 to the provisions of Section 3311 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma

13 Statutes.

14  E. It shall be unlawful for any person who is an alien

15 illegally or unlawfully in the United States to have in the

16 possession of the person or under the immediate control of the

17 person, or in any vehicle the person is operating, or at the

18 residence where the person resides, any pistol, imitation or

19 homemade pistol, altered air or toy pistol, shotgun, rifle or any

20 other dangerous or deadly firearm; provided, that nothing in this

21 subsection applies to prohibit the transport or detention of the

22 person by law enforcement officers or federal immigration

23 authorities. Any person who violates the provisions of this

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1 subsection shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor

2 punishable by a fine of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00).

3   F. Any person having been issued a handgun license pursuant to

4 the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act and who knowingly or

5 intentionally allows a convicted felon or adjudicated delinquent or

6 a youthful offender as prohibited by the provisions of subsection A,

7 C, or D of this section to possess or have control of any firearm

8 authorized by the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act shall, upon conviction,

9 be guilty of a felony punishable by a fine not to exceed Five

10 Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). In addition, the person shall have

11 the handgun license revoked by the Oklahoma State Bureau of

12 Investigation after a hearing and determination that the person has

13 violated the provisions of this section.

14  G. Any convicted or adjudicated person violating the provisions

15 of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony

16 punishable as provided in Section 1284 of this title.

17  H. For purposes of this section, "sawed-off shotgun":

18  1. "Sawed-off shotgun" or "sawed-off rifle" shall mean any

19 shotgun or rifle which the barrel or barrels have been illegally

20 shortened in length.

21  I. For purposes of this section, "altered toy pistol";

22  2. "Altered toy pistol" shall mean any toy weapon which has

23 been altered from its original manufactured state to resemble a real

24 weapon.

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1   J. For purposes of this section, "altered air pistol";

2   3. "Altered air pistol" shall mean any air pistol manufactured

3 to propel projectiles by air pressure which has been altered from

4 its original manufactured state.

5   K. For purposes of this section, "alternative court program";

6   4. "Alternative court program" shall mean any drug court, Anna

7 McBride or mental health court, DUI court or veterans court; and

8   5. "Imitation pistol" shall mean any pistol capable of raising

9 in the mind of the one threatened with such device a fear that it is

10 a real pistol.

11  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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