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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 1404 By: Culver
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to firearms; amending 63 O.S. 2021,
Section 4210.3, which relates to the Oklahoma Boating
Safety Regulation Act; modifyin g scope of certain
unlawful act; removing mandatory minimum penalties;
deleting provision concerning the transport of
handguns by licensees; and providing an effective
date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 4210.3, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 4210.3 It shall be unlawful to transport a shotgun,
rifle or pistol in or to discharge such weapons a firearm from a
vessel, except for the purposes of self-defense, hunting animals or
fowl, and in compliance with existing state and federal laws.
Anyone violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of
not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and not more than One Hundred
Dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not
less than ten (10) days and not more than six (6) three (3) months,
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or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person in possession of
a valid handgun license from this state or a reciprocal state
authorized by the Oklahoma Self -Defense Act shall not be deemed
guilty of transporting a pistol in violation of this section when a
handgun is carried concealed or unconcealed upon or about their
person in compliance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-
Defense Act.
SECTION 2. This act shall become eff ective November 1, 2023.
59-1-6192 GRS 12/08/22