An Act
ENROLLED 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.
SUBJECT: Transportation of firearms
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
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
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person in compliance with the provis ions of the Oklahoma Self-
Defense Act.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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Passed the Senate the 21st day of March, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the 17th day of April, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __