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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
3 HOUSE BILL 3301 By: Steagall
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6 AS INTRODUCED
7 An Act relating to firearms; amending 21 O.S. 2021,
Sections 1289.4, 1289.5, and 1289.18, as amended by
8 Section 598, Chapter 486, O.S.L. 2025 (21 O.S. Supp.
2025, Section 1289.18), which relate to the Oklahoma
9 Firearms Act of 1971; providing references to named
act in certain definitions; deleting definitions;
10 providing for the lawful ownership and possession of
firearms under federal law; and providing an
11 effective date.
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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
16 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1289.4, is
17 amended to read as follows:
18 Section 1289.4.
19 DEFINITIONS FOR FIREARMS ACT
20 "Rifles" as used in the Oklahoma Firearms Act of 1971, Sections
21 1289.1 through 1289.17 of this title and the Oklahoma Self-Defense
22 Act, shall mean any firearm capable of discharging a projectile
23 composed of any material which may reasonably be expected to be able
24 to cause lethal injury, with a barrel or barrels more than sixteen
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1 (16) inches in length, and using either gunpowder, gas or any means
2 of rocket propulsion, but not to include archery equipment, flare
3 guns or underwater fishing guns. In addition, any rifle capable of
4 firing "shot" but primarily designed to fire single projectiles will
5 be regarded as a "rifle".
6 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1289.5, is
7 amended to read as follows:
8 Section 1289.5.
9 DEFINITIONS FOR FIREARMS ACT
10 "Shotguns" as used in the Oklahoma Firearms Act of 1971 and the
11 Oklahoma Self-Defense Act, shall mean any firearm capable of
12 discharging a series of projectiles of any material which may
13 reasonably be expected to be able to cause lethal injury, with a
14 barrel or barrels more than eighteen (18) inches in length, and
15 using a combustible propellant charge, but not to include any weapon
16 so designed with a barrel less than eighteen (18) inches in length
17 unless the overall length of the firearm is twenty-six (26) inches
18 or more. In addition, any "shotgun" capable of firing single
19 projectiles but primarily designed to fire multiple projectiles such
20 as "shot" will be regarded as a "shotgun".
21 SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1289.18, as
22 amended by Section 598, Chapter 486, O.S.L. 2025 (21 O.S. Supp.
23 2025, Section 1289.18), is amended to read as follows:
24 Section 1289.18.
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1 DEFINITIONS
2 A. "Sawed-off shotgun" shall mean any firearm capable of
3 discharging a series of projectiles of any material which may
4 reasonably be expected to be able to cause lethal injury, with a
5 barrel or barrels less than eighteen (18) inches in length, and
6 using a combustible propellant charge, but does not include any
7 weapon so designed with a barrel less than eighteen (18) inches in
8 length, provided it has an overall length of twenty-six (26) inches
9 or more.
10 B. "Sawed-off rifle" shall mean any rifle having a barrel or
11 barrels of less than sixteen (16) inches in length or any weapon
12 made from a rifle (whether by alteration, modification, or
13 otherwise) if such a weapon as modified has an overall length of
14 less than twenty-six (26) inches in length, including the stock
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16 C. Every person who knowingly has in his possession or under
17 his immediate control a sawed-off shotgun or a sawed-off rifle,
18 whether concealed or not, shall upon conviction be guilty of a Class
19 D2 felony offense for the possession of such device, and shall be
20 punishable by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00),
21 or imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of
22 Section 20O of this title, or both such fine and imprisonment.
23 D. This section shall not apply It shall be lawful to own or be
24 in possession of any firearm that is lawfully possessed under
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1 federal law or that is otherwise not regulated as a "firearm" or a
2 "suppressor" pursuant to the National Firearms Act.
3 E. B. The term "firearm" as used in this section and, in the
4 Oklahoma Firearms Act of 1971, and in the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act,
5 shall not include an "antique firearm" as defined in 18 U.S.C.,
6 Section 921 (2006).
7 SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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