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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 2825 By: Steagall
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to firearm suppressors; creating the
Firearms Manufacturing Act of 2025; defining terms;
providing requirements for man ufacturing firearms,
firearm parts and firearm suppressors in Oklahoma;
providing certain exemption from federal laws and
federal regulations; declaring firearms, firearm
parts and firearm suppressors manufactured in
Oklahoma exempt from federal regulation ; requiring
certain stamp on firearms, firearm parts and firearm
suppressors manufactured and sold in Oklahoma;
directing Attorney General to seek declaratory
judgments under certain circumstances; stating
applicability of statute; prohibiting certain
entities from adopting or imposing rules, ordinances,
policies or restrictions regulating firearms, firearm
parts and firearm suppressors that contravene state
law; prohibiting certain entities and employees from
enforcing or attempting to enforce certain fede ral
statutes, orders, rules or regulations; prohibiting
certain entities from receiving state grant funds
under certain circumstances; authorizing citizens to
file complaints with the Attorney General; stating
procedures for filing complaint; authorizing A ttorney
General to seek certain relief if complaint is
determined to be valid; providing for the recovery of
reasonable expenses and attorney fees; providing for
appellate relief; providing for noncodification;
providing for codification; and declaring an
emergency.
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Firearms
Manufacturing Act of 2025 ".
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1289.31 of Title 21, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this act:
1. "Firearm" means a rifle, pistol, or shotgun;
2. "Firearm suppressor" means any device designed, made, or
adapted to muffle the report of a firearm;
3. "Generic and insignificant part " means an item that has
manufacturing or consumer product applications other than inclusion
in a firearm suppressor. The term includes a spring, screw, nut,
and pin; and
4. "Manufacture" includes forging, casting, machining, or any
other process for working a material.
B. For the purposes of this act, a firear m, firearm part, or
firearm suppressor is manufactured in this state if the it em is
manufactured:
1. In this state from basic materials; and
2. Without the inclusion of any part imported from another
state other than a generic and insignificant part.
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C. For the purposes of this act, a firearm, firearm part, or
firearm suppressor is manufactured in this state if it is
manufactured as described by subsection B of this section without
regard to whether a firearm imported into this state from another
state is attached to or used in conjunction with the firearm part or
firearm suppressor.
D. A firearm, firearm part, or firearm suppressor that is
manufactured in this state and remains in this state is not subject
to federal law or federal regulation, including registration, under
the authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate
commerce.
E. A basic material from which a firearm, firearm part, or
firearm suppressor is manufactured in this state, including
unmachined steel, is not a firearm, fi rearm part, or firearm
suppressor and is not subject to federal regulation und er the
authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate
commerce as if it actually were a firearm, firearm part or firearm
suppressor.
F. A firearm, firearm part, or firearm suppressor manufactured
and sold in this state must have the words "Made in Oklahoma"
clearly stamped on the firearm, firearm part, or firearm suppressor.
G. On written notification to the Office of the Attorney
General of this state by a Unite d States citizen who resides in this
state of the intent of the citizen to man ufacture a firearm, firearm
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part, or firearm suppressor to which subsection D of this section
applies, the Attorney General shall seek a declaratory judgment from
a federal district court in this state that subsection D of this
section is consistent with the United States Constitution.
H. The provisions of this section shall apply to:
1. The State of Oklahoma, including an agency, department,
commission, bureau, board, office, c ouncil, court, or other entity
that is in any branch of state government and t hat is created by the
Oklahoma Constitution or a statute of this state, including a
university system or a system of higher education;
2. The governing body of a municipality, c ounty, district, or
authority; and
3. An officer, employee, or other body that is part of a
municipality, county, special district, or authority, including a
sheriff, municipal police department, municipal attorney, or
district attorney.
I. An entity described by subsection H of this section may not
adopt a rule, order, ordinance, or policy under which the entity
enforces or, by consistent action, allows the enforcement of a
federal statute, order, rule, or regulation that purports to
regulate a firearm, firearm part or firearm suppressor if the
statute, order, rule, or regulation imposes a prohibition,
restriction, or other regulation that does not exist under the laws
of this state.
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J. No entity described by subsection H of this section and no
person employed by or otherwise under the direction or control of
the entity may enforc e or attempt to enforce any federal statute,
order, rule, or regulation described by subsection I of this
section.
K. An entity described by subsection H of this section may not
receive state grant funds if the entity adopts a rule, order,
ordinance, or policy under which the entity enforces a federal law
described by subsection I of this section or, by consistent action,
allows the enforcement of a federal law described by subse ction I of
this section.
L. State grant funds for the entity shall be denied for the
fiscal year following the year in which a final judicial
determination in an action brought under the provisions of this act
is made that the entity has violated subsecti on I of this section.
M. Any citizen residing in the jurisdiction of an entity
described by subsection H of this section may file a complaint with
the Office of the Attorney General if the citizen offers evidence to
support an allegation that the entity h as adopted a rule, order,
ordinance, or policy under which the entity enforces a federal law
described by subsection I of this section or that the entity, by
consistent action, allows the enforcement of a federal law described
by subsection I of this secti on. The citizen shall include with the
complaint any evidence the citizen has in support of the complaint.
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N. If the Attorney General determines that a complaint filed
under subsection M of this section against an entity described by
subsection H of this section is valid, the Attorney General may file
a petition for a writ of mand amus or apply for other appropriate
equitable relief in the district court of Oklahoma County or in a
county in which the principal office of the entity is located. The
Attorney General may recover reasonable expenses incurred obtaining
relief under this subsection, including court costs, reasonable
attorney fees, investigative costs, witness fees, and deposition
costs.
O. An appeal of a suit brought under subsection N of this
section shall be governed by the procedures for appeals in civil
cases under the Oklahoma Rules of Appellate Procedure. The
appellate court shall render its final order or judgment with the
least possible delay.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
60-1-10804 GRS 01/04/25