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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 769 By: Jech
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7 AS INTRODUCED
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8 An Act relating to firearms; prohibiting certain
8 adjudicated delinquents from possessing or purchasing
9 firearms; requiring certain notification; requiring
9 electronic submission of final disposition; requiring
10 the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to update
10 certain record; authorizing certain petition; stating
11 certain criteria; authorizing certain review of
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12 certain reinstatement; requiring the Oklahoma State
12 Bureau of Investigation to make certain update;
13 authorizing certain appeal; requiring court to hear
13 certain case de novo; providing for codification; and
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18 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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19 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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20 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1273.1 of Title 21, unless there
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21 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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22 A. On or after the effective date of this act, any juvenile
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23 adjudicated delinquent for any violent crime as provided in Section
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24 571 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall not be allowed to
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1 possess or purchase a firearm until such juvenile reaches twenty-
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2 five (25) years of age.
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3 B. 1. Before a juvenile court accepts a plea of guilty or no
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4 contest from a child who was fourteen (14) years of age or older at
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5 the time of the offense and charged with a violent crime as provided
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6 in subsection A of this section, the court shall notify the juvenile
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7 that he or she will be prohibited from possessing or purchasing a
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8 firearm until he or she reaches twenty-five (25) years of age.
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9 After such notification, the court may accept the plea of guilty or
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10 no contest if the juvenile clearly states on the record that he or
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11 she is aware of the consequences of the adjudication and still
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12 wishes to enter a plea of guilty or no contest.
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13 2. If a juvenile is found by the court to have committed a
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14 violent crime as provided in subsection A of this section, the court
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15 shall notify the juvenile of the prohibition on possessing or
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16 purchasing a firearm until he or she reaches twenty-five (25) years
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17 of age.
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18 3. The clerk of the juvenile court shall promptly submit an
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19 electronic copy of the final disposition of delinquency proceedings
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20 against a juvenile adjudicated delinquent for a violent crime
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21 pursuant to subsection A to the Federal Bureau of Investigation or
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22 its successor agency for the sole purpose of inclusion in the
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23 National Instant Criminal Background Check System database and the
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24 Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. The Oklahoma State Bureau
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1 of Investigation shall as soon thereafter as is practicable, but in
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2 no case later than ten (10) business days, update the record of the
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3 adjudicated delinquent in any databases that such agencies use or
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4 refer to for the purposes of handgun licensing or make the same
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5 available to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
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6 C. 1. Any person subject to the prohibition to possess or
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7 purchase a firearm pursuant to subsection A of this section who is
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8 nineteen (19) years of age or older and at least one (1) year
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9 removed from his or her most recent delinquency adjudication and
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10 completion of any imposed disposition may petition the juvenile
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11 court for reinstatement of his or her rights to possess or purchase
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12 a firearm.
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13 2. In making such determination, the court shall consider the
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15 a. the behavior of the person since the delinquency
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16 adjudication that resulted in his or her inability to
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17 possess or purchase a firearm,
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18 b. the likelihood that the person will engage in future
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19 criminal activity, and
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20 c. any other information deemed relevant by the juvenile
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21 court.
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22 3. A court having criminal jurisdiction may review the juvenile
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23 court's determination pursuant to paragraph 2 of this subsection.
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1 4. a. If the juvenile court grants a petition for
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2 reinstatement of the person's ability to possess or
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3 purchase a firearm and such order is not appealed,
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4 then the clerk of the juvenile court shall promptly
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5 submit an electronic copy to the Federal Bureau of
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6 Investigation or its successor agency for the sole
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7 purpose of inclusion in the National Instant Criminal
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8 Background Check System database and the Oklahoma
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9 State Bureau of Investigation. The Oklahoma State
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10 Bureau of Investigation shall as soon thereafter as is
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11 practicable, but in no case later than ten (10)
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12 business days, update, correct, modify, or remove the
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13 record of the person in any databases that these
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14 agencies use or refer to for the purposes of handgun
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15 licensing, or make available to the National Instant
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16 Criminal Background Check System, and notify the
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17 Federal Bureau of Investigation that the basis for
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18 such record being made available no longer applies.
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19 b. A petitioner or the state may appeal a determination
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20 of the court pursuant to subsection C of this section
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21 to a court having criminal jurisdiction. Such appeal
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22 must be filed within ten (10) business days following
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23 the entry of the juvenile court's order.
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1 c. The court having criminal jurisdiction shall hear the
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3 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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