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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 636 By: Alvord
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to firearms; prohibiting expenditure
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8 public property, resources, employees, networks, or
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9 exemption for certain persons; providing for
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 593 of Title 21, unless there is
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16 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. It shall be unlawful for any state entity or political
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18 subdivision of this state, or any branch, division, foundation,
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19 contractor, or affiliate of a political subdivision of this state,
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20 to expend any monies, funds, or resources, directly or indirectly,
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21 for:
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22 1. Publicity or propaganda purposes opposing rights as stated
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23 in the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States;
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1 2. Preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet,
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2 booklet, publication, electronic communication, radio, television or
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3 video presentation, or other audiovisual presentation or material
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4 designed to defeat the enactment of:
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5 a. legislation before any federal or state governmental
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6 entity relating to rights as stated in the Second
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7 Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, or
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8 b. any proposed or pending rule, regulation,
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9 administrative action, or order issued by any federal
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10 or state governmental entity relating to rights as
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11 stated in the Second Amendment to the Constitution of
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12 the United States; or
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13 3. Employment, retention, or use of an executive or legislative
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14 lobbyist or legislative liaison, as such terms are defined in the
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15 Rules of the Ethics Commission, to support or defeat the enactment,
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16 repeal, or amendment of any legislation, rule, regulation,
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17 administrative action, or order by any federal or state governmental
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18 entity in opposition to rights as stated in the Second Amendment to
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19 the Constitution of the United States.
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20 B. No individual, state entity, or political subdivision of
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21 this state, or any branch, division, foundation, contractor, or
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22 affiliate of a political subdivision of this state, shall use any
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23 monies, funds, or resources, directly or indirectly, to pay the
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24 salary or expenses of any public employee or grant or contract
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1 recipient, or agent acting on behalf of such recipient, related to
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2 any activity designed to influence the enactment, repeal, or
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3 amendment of legislation, an appropriation, a regulation, an
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4 administrative action, a rule, or an executive order proposed or
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5 pending before any federal or state governmental entity in
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6 opposition to rights as stated in the Second Amendment to the
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7 Constitution of the United States.
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8 C. The use of public property, resources, employees, networks,
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9 or time shall be considered to be the use of funds pursuant to the
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10 provisions of this section.
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11 D. The prohibitions in subsections A and B of this section
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12 shall include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed,
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13 pending, or future:
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14 1. Federal or state tax, fine, or fee increase relating to
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15 rights as stated in the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the
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16 United States; or
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17 2. Requirement or restriction on any legal consumer product,
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18 including its sale or marketing, relating to rights as stated in the
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19 Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
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20 E. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall,
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21 upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of
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22 One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), by imprisonment in the county jail
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23 for a term not exceeding one (1) year, or by both such fine and
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24 imprisonment.
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1 F. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
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2 1. Any person elected to a state, county, or municipal office
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3 or any person who is appointed to fill a vacancy in a state, county,
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5 2. Any person presenting neutral testimony on behalf of an
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10 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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