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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE BILL 462 By: Weaver
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to municipal police officers;
authorizing retired municipal police officers to
retain firearm and badge; requiring request in
writing; providing exceptions; authorizing custody
and possession of the firearm and badge to be awarded
to family of deceased officer; 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 34 -109 of Title 11, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. A municipal police officer who retires under the Oklahoma
Police Pension and Retirement System pursuant to Sections 50 -101
through 50-136.8 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes may request to
retain custody and possession of his or her municipal -issued firearm
and badge. The retiring officer shall request in writing to the
head of the municipal law enforcemen t agency of the municipality in
which the officer is retiring for permission to retain custody and
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possession of his or her municipal -issued firearm and badge. The
agency head may grant the request except in the following cases:
1. The officer is not in good standing with the municipal law
enforcement agency from which he or she is retiring;
2. The officer has been convicted of a felony involving moral
turpitude;
3. The officer is mentally incapacitated and could not perform
duties if recalled; or
4. When good cause is shown that granting approval of the
request would be detrimental to public health, safety, and welfare.
B. Upon the death of a municipal police officer prior to
retirement, custody and possession of the firearm and badge may be
awarded by the head of the municipal law enforcement agency to a
spouse or next of kin of the deceased officer in accordance with the
agency’s policy.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-1681 CN 2/19/2025 5:33:03 PM