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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 1933 By: Sterling
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to nitrous oxide; providing
definition; prohibiting the sale of nitrous oxide to
persons under twenty -one; requiring proof of legal
age; providing for enforcement; providing penalty;
providing for imprisonment; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 465.22 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
As used in this section, "nitrous oxide" means any of the
following substances: N20, di nitrogen monoxide, dinitrogen oxide,
nitrogen oxide, or laughing gas.
1. No person, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, firm, or any other business entity doing business in this
state shall sell or offer for sale nitrous oxide to any pers on under
the age of twenty-one (21).
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2. Any person, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, firm, or any other business entity doing business in this
state selling, offering for sale, or distributing nitrous oxide
shall require proof of legal age prior to allowing an individual to
purchase or receive a shipment of nitrous oxide. Identification is
not required of any individual who reasonably appears to be at least
twenty-five (25) years of age. An individual 's appearance shall not
constitute a defense in any proceeding alleging the sale or
distribution of nitrous oxid e to an individual under the age of
twenty-one (21) years old.
3. Any person, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, firm, or any other business entity doing busin ess in this
state who violates this section of law shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be subject to imprisonment in
the county jail for not more than one (1) year or a fine of not more
than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or both s uch imprisonment and
fine.
SECTION 2. This act shall become e ffective November 1, 2025.
60-1-10757 TJ 12/30/24