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ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 978 By: Green of the Senate
and
Wallace of the House
An Act relating to firearms; amending 63 O .S. 2021,
Section 4210.3, which relates to transporting or
discharging a weapon from a vessel; removing certain
unlawful transport; modifying fines; deleting
licensed authorization of legal transport; and
providing an effecti ve date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 4 210.3, 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 th e 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,
or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person in possession of
a valid handgun license from this stat e or a reciprocal state
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authorized by the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act shall not be dee med
guilty of transporting a pistol in violation of this section when a
handgun is carried concealed or unconcealed upon or about thei r
person in compliance with the provis ions of the Oklahoma Self-
Defense Act.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
Passed the Senate the 21st day of March, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
2023.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives