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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 2825 By: Steagall
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to firearm suppressors; creating the
41	41	Firearms Manufacturing Act of 2025; defining terms;
42	42	providing requirements for man ufacturing firearms,
43	43	firearm parts and firearm suppressors in Oklahoma;
44	44	providing certain exemption from federal laws and
45	45	federal regulations; declaring firearms, firearm
46	46	parts and firearm suppressors manufactured in
47	47	Oklahoma exempt from federal regulation ; requiring
48	48	certain stamp on firearms, firearm parts and firearm
49	49	suppressors manufactured and sold in Oklahoma;
50	50	directing Attorney General to seek declaratory
51	51	judgments under certain circumstances; stating
52	52	applicability of statute; prohibiting certain
53	53	entities from adopting or imposing rules, ordinances,
54	54	policies or restrictions regulating firearms, firearm
55	55	parts and firearm suppressors that contravene state
56	56	law; prohibiting certain entities and employees from
57	57	enforcing or attempting to enforce certain fede ral
58	58	statutes, orders, rules or regulations; prohibiting
59	59	certain entities from receiving state grant funds
60	60	under certain circumstances; authorizing citizens to
61	61	file complaints with the Attorney General; stating
62	62	procedures for filing complaint; authorizing A ttorney
63	63	General to seek certain relief if complaint is
64	64	determined to be valid; providing for the recovery of
65	65	reasonable expenses and attorney fees; providing for
66	66	appellate relief; providing for noncodification;
67	67	providing for codification; and declaring an
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101	101	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
102	102	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
103	103	codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
104	104	This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Firearms
105	105	Manufacturing Act of 2025 ".
106	106	SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
107	107	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1289.31 of Title 21, unless
108	108	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
109	109	A. As used in this act:
110	110	1. "Firearm" means a rifle, pistol, or shotgun;
111	111	2. "Firearm suppressor" means any device designed, made, or
112	112	adapted to muffle the report of a firearm;
113	113	3. "Generic and insignificant part " means an item that has
114	114	manufacturing or consumer product applications other than inclusion
115	115	in a firearm suppressor. The term includes a spring, screw, nut,
116	116	and pin; and
117	117	4. "Manufacture" includes forging, casting, machining, or any
118	118	other process for working a material.
119	119	B. For the purposes of this act, a firear m, firearm part, or
120	120	firearm suppressor is manufactured in this state if the it em is
121	121	manufactured:
122	122	1. In this state from basic materials; and
123	123	2. Without the inclusion of any part imported from another
124	124	state other than a generic and insignificant part.
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151	151	C. For the purposes of this act, a firearm, firearm part, or
152	152	firearm suppressor is manufactured in this state if it is
153	153	manufactured as described by subsection B of this section without
154	154	regard to whether a firearm imported into this state from another
155	155	state is attached to or used in conjunction with the firearm part or
156	156	firearm suppressor.
157	157	D. A firearm, firearm part, or firearm suppressor that is
158	158	manufactured in this state and remains in this state is not subject
159	159	to federal law or federal regulation, including registration, under
160	160	the authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate
161	161	commerce.
162	162	E. A basic material from which a firearm, firearm part, or
163	163	firearm suppressor is manufactured in this state, including
164	164	unmachined steel, is not a firearm, fi rearm part, or firearm
165	165	suppressor and is not subject to federal regulation und er the
166	166	authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate
167	167	commerce as if it actually were a firearm, firearm part or firearm
168	168	suppressor.
169	169	F. A firearm, firearm part, or firearm suppressor manufactured
170	170	and sold in this state must have the words "Made in Oklahoma"
171	171	clearly stamped on the firearm, firearm part, or firearm suppressor.
172	172	G. On written notification to the Office of the Attorney
173	173	General of this state by a Unite d States citizen who resides in this
174	174	state of the intent of the citizen to man ufacture a firearm, firearm
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201	201	part, or firearm suppressor to which subsection D of this section
202	202	applies, the Attorney General shall seek a declaratory judgment from
203	203	a federal district court in this state that subsection D of this
204	204	section is consistent with the United States Constitution.
205	205	H. The provisions of this section shall apply to:
206	206	1. The State of Oklahoma, including an agency, department,
207	207	commission, bureau, board, office, c ouncil, court, or other entity
208	208	that is in any branch of state government and t hat is created by the
209	209	Oklahoma Constitution or a statute of this state, including a
210	210	university system or a system of higher education;
211	211	2. The governing body of a municipality, c ounty, district, or
212	212	authority; and
213	213	3. An officer, employee, or other body that is part of a
214	214	municipality, county, special district, or authority, including a
215	215	sheriff, municipal police department, municipal attorney, or
216	216	district attorney.
217	217	I. An entity described by subsection H of this section may not
218	218	adopt a rule, order, ordinance, or policy under which the entity
219	219	enforces or, by consistent action, allows the enforcement of a
220	220	federal statute, order, rule, or regulation that purports to
221	221	regulate a firearm, firearm part or firearm suppressor if the
222	222	statute, order, rule, or regulation imposes a prohibition,
223	223	restriction, or other regulation that does not exist under the laws
224	224	of this state.
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251	251	J. No entity described by subsection H of this section and no
252	252	person employed by or otherwise under the direction or control of
253	253	the entity may enforc e or attempt to enforce any federal statute,
254	254	order, rule, or regulation described by subsection I of this
255	255	section.
256	256	K. An entity described by subsection H of this section may not
257	257	receive state grant funds if the entity adopts a rule, order,
258	258	ordinance, or policy under which the entity enforces a federal law
259	259	described by subsection I of this section or, by consistent action,
260	260	allows the enforcement of a federal law described by subse ction I of
261	261	this section.
262	262	L. State grant funds for the entity shall be denied for the
263	263	fiscal year following the year in which a final judicial
264	264	determination in an action brought under the provisions of this act
265	265	is made that the entity has violated subsecti on I of this section.
266	266	M. Any citizen residing in the jurisdiction of an entity
267	267	described by subsection H of this section may file a complaint with
268	268	the Office of the Attorney General if the citizen offers evidence to
269	269	support an allegation that the entity h as adopted a rule, order,
270	270	ordinance, or policy under which the entity enforces a federal law
271	271	described by subsection I of this section or that the entity, by
272	272	consistent action, allows the enforcement of a federal law described
273	273	by subsection I of this secti on. The citizen shall include with the
274	274	complaint any evidence the citizen has in support of the complaint.
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301	301	N. If the Attorney General determines that a complaint filed
302	302	under subsection M of this section against an entity described by
303	303	subsection H of this section is valid, the Attorney General may file
304	304	a petition for a writ of mand amus or apply for other appropriate
305	305	equitable relief in the district court of Oklahoma County or in a
306	306	county in which the principal office of the entity is located. The
307	307	Attorney General may recover reasonable expenses incurred obtaining
308	308	relief under this subsection, including court costs, reasonable
309	309	attorney fees, investigative costs, witness fees, and deposition
310	310	costs.
311	311	O. An appeal of a suit brought under subsection N of this
312	312	section shall be governed by the procedures for appeals in civil
313	313	cases under the Oklahoma Rules of Appellate Procedure. The
314	314	appellate court shall render its final order or judgment with the
315	315	least possible delay.
316	316	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
317	317	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
318	318	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
319	319	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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