An act relating to firearms, the official text

1                  STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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

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3 SENATE BILL 414                By: Hamilton

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6                                AS INTRODUCED

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

7   Section 1289.24e, which relates to the Second

8   Amendment Sanctuary State Act; authorizing county

8   sheriffs to make certain arrests; providing penalty

9   provisions; updating statutory language; updating

9   statutory references; and providing an effective

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1 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

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13  SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY    21 O.S. 2021, Section 1289.24e, is

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1 4 amended to read as follows:

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15  Section 1289.24e. A. The State Legislature hereby occupies and

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1 6 preempts the entire field of legislation by any agency of this state

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1 7 or any political subdivision in this state to infringe upon the

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1 8 rights of a citizen of the State of Oklahoma this state, the

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1 9 unalienable right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed to them by the

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2 0 Second Amendment of the United States Constitution.

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21  B. Any federal, state, county, or municipal act, law, executive

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2 2 order, administrative order, court order, rule, policy, or

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2 3 regulation ordering the buy-back, confiscation, or surrender of

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2 4 firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition from law-abiding

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1 citizens of this state shall be considered an infringement on the

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2 rights of citizens to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second

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3 Amendment of the Constitution of the United States and Article II,

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4 Section 26 of the Constitution of Oklahoma United States

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5 Constitution and Section 26 of Article II of the Oklahoma

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6 Constitution.

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7   C. It shall be the duty of the courts and law enforcement

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8 agencies of this state to protect the rights of law-abiding citizens

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9 to keep and to bear arms within the borders of this state and to

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1 0 protect these rights from the infringement provided under the

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1 1 provisions of this act the Second Amendment Sanctuary State Act.

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12  D. The preemption provided in this act the Second Amendment

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1 3 Sanctuary State Act shall include:

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14  1. Any regulation of arms and ammunition, pursuant to the

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1 5 National Firearms Act of 1934, prohibited or regulated on or after

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1 6 the effective date of this act April 26, 2021; and

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17  2. Any regulations regulation or provision of the Gun Control

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1 8 Act of 1968, prohibited or regulated on or after the effective date

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1 9 of this act April 26, 2021.

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20  E. The sheriff of each county shall be empowered and have the

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2 1 authority to implement the provisions of this section including, but

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2 2 not limited to, the arrest of any federal employee, contractor,

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2 3 agent, or law enforcement officer who violates the provisions of

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2 4 this section.

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1   F. Any person who violates the provisions of this section

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2 shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by

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3 imprisonment in the county jail for a term not more than one (1)

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4 year and one (1) day, or by a fine not more than Thirty Thousand

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5 Dollars ($30,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine.

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6   G. For purposes of this section:

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7   1. "Arms" is defined as means any firearm, firearm part,

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8 accessory, or ammunition required to render that firearm operable

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9 and effective;

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10  2. "Infringement" shall mean means any law that reduces,

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1 1 represses, diminishes, or subverts the right to keep and bear arms,

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1 2 ammunition, parts, and accessories in any amount that is legal as of

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1 3 the effective date of this act April 26, 2021, of any citizen in

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1 4 this state; and

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15  3. "Law-abiding citizen" means a person who is not otherwise

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1 6 precluded under state law from possessing a firearm and shall not be

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1 7 construed to include anyone who is not legally present in the United

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1 8 States or this state.

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

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