Oklahoma 2025 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB2159 Amended / Bill

Filed 04/08/2025

                     
 
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SENATE FLOOR VERSION 
April 7, 2025 
 
 
ENGROSSED HOUSE 
BILL NO. 2159 	By: Dobrinski of the House 
 
  and 
 
  Seifried of the Senate 
 
 
 
 
An Act relating to motor vehicles; defining terms; 
prohibiting the manufacture, import ation, 
distribution, selling, or installation of certain 
supplemental restraint systems; setting punishment 
for violations; 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 se ction of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 12-413.1 of Title 47, unless 
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
A.  As used in this section: 
1.  "Airbag" means an inflatable restraint device for vehicle 
occupants that is part of a supplemental restraint system in a motor 
vehicle; 
2.  "Counterfeit supplemental restraint system component " means 
a replacement supplemental restraint system component that displays 
a mark identical or substantially similar to the genuin e mark of a 
motor vehicle manufacturer or supplier of parts to a motor vehicle   
 
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manufacturer without authorization from that manufacturer or 
supplier; 
3.  "Nonfunctional airbag " means a replacement airbag that : 
a. was previously deployed or damaged, 
b. has an electric fault that is detected by the motor 
vehicles' diagnostic systems when the installation 
procedure is completed and the motor vehicle is 
returned to the customer who requested the work to be 
performed or when ownership is intended to be 
transferred, 
c. includes a part or object, including a supplemental 
restraint system component, installed in a motor 
vehicle to mislead the owner or operator of the motor 
vehicle into believing that a functional airbag has 
been installed, or 
d. is prohibited in acc ordance with 49 U.S.C. Section 
301209(j) from being sold or leased; 
4.  "Supplemental restraint system " means a passive motor 
vehicle occupant cra sh protection system designed for use in 
conjunction with active restraint systems , including, but not 
limited to, seat belt assemblies, as described in 49 CFR 571.208.  
Such term shall include: 
a. each airbag installed in accordance with the motor 
vehicle manufacturer 's design, and   
 
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b. all components required to ensure that an airbag 
operates as designed by the manufacturer in the event 
of a crash and in accordance with the federal motor 
vehicle safety standards for the specific make, model 
and year of the motor vehicle. 
B.  No person shall knowingly or intentionally manufacture, 
import, distribute, sell, offer for sale, install, or reinstall a 
device intended to replace a component of a supplemental restraint 
system if the device is: 
1.  A counterfeit supplemental restraint system component; 
2.  A nonfunctional airbag; or 
3.  Any object in lieu of a supplemental re straint system 
component if the object was not designed in accordance with federal 
safety regulations for the make, model, and year of the motor 
vehicle in which such device is or will be installed. 
C.  Any person violating any of the provisions of this se ction, 
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided in Section 
17-101 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes . 
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2025. 
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON AERONAUTICS AND TRANSPORT ATION 
April 7, 2025 - DO PASS