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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 557 By: Deevers
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to firearms; amending 21 O.S. 2021,
7 Section 1289.24, which relates to the Oklahoma
8 Firearms Act of 1971; expanding scope of state
8 preemption provision to include firearm and
9 ammunition components; prohibiting the adoption of
9 policies or resolutions that violate state preemption
10 provision; clarifying procedures that authorize the
10 filing of civil actions; providing for the payment of
11 reasonable expenses under certain circumstances;
11 allowing aggrieved persons to retain standing under
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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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16 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1289.24, is
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17 amended to read as follows:
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18 Section 1289.24
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19 FIREARM REGULATION � STATE PREEMPTION
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20 A. 1. The State Legislature hereby occupies and preempts the
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21 entire field of legislation in this state touching in any way
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22 firearms, air powered pistols, air powered rifles, knives, firearm
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23 and ammunition components, ammunition and supplies to the complete
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24 exclusion of any order, policy, ordinance or regulation by any
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1 municipality, agency, or other political subdivision of this state.
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2 Any existing or future orders, policies, ordinances or regulations
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3 in this field, except as provided for in paragraph 2 of this
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4 subsection and subsection C of this section, are null and void.
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5 2. A municipality may adopt any ordinance:
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6 a. relating to the discharge of firearms within the
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7 jurisdiction of the municipality,
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8 b. allowing the municipality to issue a traffic citation
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9 for transporting a firearm improperly as provided for
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10 in Section 1289.13A of this title, provided, however,
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11 that penalties contained for violation of any
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12 ordinance enacted pursuant to the provisions of this
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13 subparagraph shall not exceed the penalties
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14 established in the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act, and
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15 c. allowing the municipality to issue a citation to an
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16 individual or the parent or guardian of a minor who
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17 discharges an air powered pistol or air powered rifle
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18 in an intentional or negligent manner which causes the
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19 projectile to leave the intended premises.
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20 3. As provided in the preemption provisions of this section,
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21 the otherwise lawful carrying or possession of a firearm under the
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22 provisions of Chapter 53 of this title shall not be punishable by
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1 state as disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace or similar offense
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2 against public order.
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3 4. A public or private school may create a policy regulating
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4 the possession of knives on school property or in any school bus or
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5 vehicle used by the school for purposes of transportation.
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6 B. No municipality, agency, or other political subdivision of
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7 this state shall adopt any order, policy, ordinance, resolution, or
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8 regulation concerning in any way the sale, purchase, purchase delay,
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9 transfer, ownership, use, keeping, possession, carrying, bearing,
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10 transportation, licensing, permit, registration, taxation other than
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11 sales and compensating use taxes or other controls on firearms,
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12 knives, firearm and ammunition components, ammunition and supplies.
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13 C. Except as hereinafter provided, this section shall not
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14 prohibit any order, policy, ordinance or regulation by any
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15 municipality concerning the confiscation of property used in
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16 violation of the ordinances of the municipality as provided for in
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17 Section 28-121 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Provided,
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18 however, no municipal ordinance relating to transporting a firearm
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19 or knife improperly may include a provision for confiscation of
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20 property.
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21 D. When a person's rights pursuant to the protection of the
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22 preemption provisions of this section have been violated by any
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23 order, policy, ordinance, resolution, or regulation promulgated or
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24 enforced by any person, municipality, agency, or other political
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1 subdivision of this state, the person so violated shall have the
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2 right to bring a civil action against the persons person, government
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3 employee if the government employee was acting beyond the scope of
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4 employment, municipality, and agency, or political subdivision
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5 jointly and severally for injunctive relief or monetary damages or
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6 both.
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7 E. A court may require the person, municipality, agency, or
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8 political subdivision to pay reasonable expenses to the aggrieved
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9 party in a civil action filed pursuant to the provisions of
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10 subsection D of this section if:
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11 1. The aggrieved party first provides written notice of the
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12 unlawful order, policy, ordinance, resolution, or regulation by
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13 certified, first-class mail or service of process to the clerk of
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14 the municipality or to the designated agent of the municipality,
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15 agency, or political subdivision and allows the person,
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16 municipality, agency, or political subdivision ninety (90) days to
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17 rescind, repeal, or otherwise abrogate the order, policy, ordinance,
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18 resolution, or regulation; and
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19 2. A court rules in favor of the aggrieved person whose rights
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20 were violated and the issue in controversy is governed by previously
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21 settled law.
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23 fails to rescind, repeal, or otherwise abrogate the unlawful order,
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24 policy, ordinance, resolution, or regulation within ninety (90) days
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1 of the required notice, as provided in paragraph 1 of this
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2 subsection and the order, policy, ordinance, resolution, or
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3 regulation is subsequently rescinded, repealed, or otherwise
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4 abrogated after the aggrieved party files suit, the aggrieved party
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5 shall retain standing in the suit and may recover damages or
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6 reasonable expenses.
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7 F. As used in this section, air powered pistol:
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8 1. "Air-powered pistol" or air powered rifle "air-powered
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9 rifle" is any pistol or rifle that uses compressed air or other
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10 compressed gas to project plastic BB-like or pellet-like projectiles
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11 at a speed not exceeding 400 feet per second; and
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12 2. "Reasonable expenses" includes, but is not limited to,
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13 attorney fees, expert witness fees, and court costs.
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14 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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