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31	28		STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33	30		1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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35	32		COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
36	33		FOR
37		-	HOUSE BILL NO. 2055 By: Hardin of the House
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41		-	Bergstrom of the Senate
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	34	+	HOUSE BILL NO. 2055 By: Hardin
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51	42		An Act relating to firearm suppressors; creating the
52	43		Sportsman Hearing Protection Act; defining terms ;
53	44		providing requirements for manufacturing firearm
54	45		suppressors in Oklahoma; providing certain exemption
55	46		from federal laws and federal regulations; declaring
56	47		firearm suppressors m anufactured in Oklahoma exempt
57	48		from federal regulation; requiring certain words
58	49		stamped, machined or engraved on firearm suppressors
59	50		manufactured and sold in Oklahoma; directing Atto rney
60	51		General to seek declaratory judgments under certain
61	52		circumstances; stating applicability of statute ;
62	53		prohibiting certain entities from adopting or
63	54		imposing rules, ordinances, policies or restrictions
64	55		regulating firearm suppressors that contravene stat e
65	56		law; prohibiting certain entities and employees from
66	57		enforcing or attempting to enforce certain federa l
67	58		statutes, orders, rules or regulations; prohib iting
68	59		certain entities from receiving state grant fund s
69	60		under certain circumstances; authorizing citizen s to
70	61		file complaints with the Attorney General; stating
71	62		procedures for filing complaint; authori zing Attorney
72	63		General to seek certain relief if complain t is
73	64		determined to be valid; providing for the recover y of
74	65		reasonable expenses and attorney fees; provid ing for
75	66		appellate relief; providing for noncodification;
	67	+	providing for codification; and dec laring an
	68	+	emergency.
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	74	+	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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109		-	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
110	101		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
111	102		codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
112	103		This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Sportsman
113	104		Hearing Protection Act ".
114	105		SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
115	106		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1289.31 of Title 21, unless
116	107		there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
117	108		A. As used in this act:
118	109		1. "Firearm" means a rifle, pistol, or shot gun;
119	110		2. "Firearm suppressor" means any device desi gned, made, or
120	111		adapted to muffle the report of a fire arm;
121	112		3. "Generic and insignificant part " means an item that has
122	113		manufacturing or consumer product applications other than inclusion
123	114		in a firearm suppressor. The term includes a spring, screw, nut,
124	115		and pin; and
125	116		4. "Manufacture" includes forging, casting, machining, or any
126	117		other process for working a material.
127	118		B. For the purposes of this act, a firearm suppressor is
128	119		manufactured in this state if the ite m is manufactured:
129	120		1. In this state from basic mater ials; and
	121	+	2. Without the inclusion of any part imp orted from another
	122	+	state other than a generic and insignificant par t.
	123	+	C. For the purposes of this act, a firearm suppressor is
	124	+	manufactured in this sta te if it is manufactured as described by
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157		-	2. Without the inclusion of any part imp orted from another
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159		-	C. For the purposes of this act, a firearm suppressor is
160		-	manufactured in this sta te if it is manufactured as described by
161	151		subsection B of this section without regard to whether a firear m
162	152		imported into this state from another state is attached to or use d
163	153		in conjunction with the suppressor.
164	154		D. A firearm suppressor that is manufactured i n this state and
165	155		remains in this state is not subject to federal law or federal
166	156		regulation, including re gistration, under the authority of the
167	157		United States Congress to re gulate interstate commerce.
168	158		E. A basic material from which a firearm suppressor is
169	159		manufactured in this state, including unmachined steel , is not a
170	160		firearm suppressor and is not subject to federal regulation under
171	161		the authority of the United States Congre ss to regulate interstate
172	162		commerce as if it actually were a firearm suppressor.
173	163		F. A firearm suppressor manufactured and sold in this sta te
174	164		must have the words "Made in Oklahoma" clearly stamped, machined or
175	165		engraved on the firearm suppressor.
176	166		G. On written notification to th e Office of the Attorney
177	167		General of this state by a United Stat es citizen who resides in this
178	168		state of the intent of the citizen to manufa cture a firearm
179	169		suppressor to which subsection D of this section applies, the
180	170		Attorney General shall seek a declarator y judgment from a federal
	171	+	district court in this state that sub section D of this section is
	172	+	consistent with the United States Constitution .
	173	+	H. The provisions of this section shall apply to:
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208		-	district court in this state that sub section D of this section is
209		-	consistent with the United States Constitution .
210		-	H. The provisions of this section shall apply to:
211	200		1. The State of Oklahoma, including an agency, department,
212	201		commission, bureau, board, office, council, court, or other entity
213	202		that is in any branch of state government and that is created by the
214	203		Oklahoma Constitution or a statute of this state, including a
215	204		university system or a system of higher education;
216	205		2. The governing body of a municipality, county, district, or
217	206		authority; and
218	207		3. An officer, employee, or other body that is part of a
219	208		municipality, county, special district or authority, including a
220	209		sheriff, municipal police department, municipal attorney or district
221	210		attorney.
222	211		I. An entity described by subsection H of this sec tion may not
223	212		adopt a rule, order, ordinance, or policy under which the enti ty
224	213		enforces or, by consistent action, allows the enforcement of, a
225	214		federal statute, order, rule, or regulation that purports to
226	215		regulate a firearm suppressor if the statute, order, rule, or
227	216		regulation imposes a prohibition, restriction, or other regulation
228	217		that does not exist under the laws of this state.
229	218		J. No entity described by subsection H of this section and no
230	219		person employed by or otherwise under the direction or control of
231	220		the entity may enforce or attempt to enforce any federal statute,
	221	+	order, rule, or regulation described by subsection I of this
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259		-	order, rule, or regulation described by subsection I of this
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261	249		K. An entity described by subsection H of this section may not
262	250		receive state grant funds if the entity adopts a rule, or der,
263	251		ordinance, or policy under which the entity enforces a federal law
264	252		described by subsection I of this section or, by consistent action,
265	253		allows the enforcement of a federal law described by subsec tion I of
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267	255		L. State grant funds for the ent ity shall be denied for the
268	256		fiscal year following the year in which a final judicial
269	257		determination in an action brought under the provisions of this act
270	258		is made that the entity has violated subsectio n I of this section.
271	259		M. Any citizen residing in the juri sdiction of an entity
272	260		described by subsection H of this section may file a complaint with
273	261		the Office of the Attorney General if the citizen offers evidence to
274	262		support an allegation that the entity ha s adopted a rule, order,
275	263		ordinance, or policy under which the entity enforces a federal law
276	264		described by subsection I of this sectio n or that the entity, by
277	265		consistent action, allows the enforcement of a federal law described
278	266		by subsection I of this sectio n. The citizen shall include with the
279	267		complaint any evidence the citizen has in support of the complaint.
280	268		N. If the Attorney Gener al determines that a complaint filed
281	269		under subsection M of this section against an entity described by
282	270		subsection H of this section is valid, the Attorney General may file
	271	+	a petition for a writ of mandamus or apply for other appropriate
	272	+	equitable relief in the District Court of Oklaho ma County or in a
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310		-	a petition for a writ of mandamus or apply for other appropriate
311		-	equitable relief in the District Court of Oklaho ma County or in a
312	299		county in which the principal office of the entity is located. The
313	300		Attorney General may recover reasonable expenses incurred obtainin g
314	301		relief under this subsection, including court costs, reasonable
315	302		attorney fees, investigative costs, wi tness fees, and deposition
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317	304		O. An appeal of a suit brought under subsection N of this
318	305		section shall be governed by the procedures for appeals in civil
319	306		cases under the Oklahoma Rules of Appellate Procedure. The
320	307		appellate court shall render its final order or judgment with the
321	308		least possible delay.
322	309		SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
323	310		of the public peace, h ealth or safety, an emergency is hereby
324	311		declared to exist, by reason whereo f this act shall take effect and
325	312		be in full force from and after its passage an d approval.
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327		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, dated 02/15/2023 -
328		-	DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.
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