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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 463 By: Woods
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to firearm suppressors; creating the
66	66	Sportsman Hearing Protection Act; providing short
67	67	title; defining terms; providing re quirements for
68	68	manufacturing firearm suppressors in Oklahoma;
69	69	providing certain exemption from federal laws and
70	70	federal regulations; declaring firearm suppressors
71	71	manufactured in Oklahoma exempt from federal
72	72	regulation; requiring certain stamp on firearm
73	73	suppressors manufactured and sold in Oklahoma;
74	74	directing Attorney General to se ek declaratory
75	75	judgments under certain circumstances; stating
76	76	applicability of statute; prohibiting certain
77	77	entities from adopting or imposing rules, ordinances,
78	78	policies, or restrictions; regulating firearm
79	79	suppressors that contravene state law; prohibiting
80	80	certain entities and employees from enforcing or
81	81	attempting to enforce certain federal statutes,
82	82	orders, rules, or regulations; prohibiting certain
83	83	entities from receiving sta te grant funds under
84	84	certain circumstances; authorizing citizens to file
85	85	certain complaints with the Attorney General; stating
86	86	procedures for filing complaint; authorizing the
87	87	Attorney General to seek certain relief if complaint
88	88	is determined to be valid; providing for the recovery
89	89	of reasonable expenses and attorney fees; providing
90	90	for appellate relief; providing for noncodification;
91	91	providing for codification; and declaring an
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97	97	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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149	149	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
150	150	codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
151	151	This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Sportsman
152	152	Hearing Protection Act ”.
153	153	SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
154	154	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1289.31 of Title 21, unless
155	155	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
156	156	A. As used in this act:
157	157	1. “Firearm” means a rifle, pistol, or shotgun;
158	158	2. “Firearm suppressor” means any device designed, made, or
159	159	adapted to muffle the report of a firearm ;
160	160	3. “Generic and insignificant part ” means an item that has
161	161	manufacturing or consumer product applications other than inclusion
162	162	in a firearm suppressor. The term includes a sp ring, screw, nut,
163	163	and pin; and
164	164	4. “Manufacture” includes forging, casting, machining, or
165	165	another process for working a material.
166	166	B. For the purposes of this act, a firearm suppressor is
167	167	manufactured in this state if the item is manufactured:
168	168	1. In this state from basic materials; and
169	169	2. Without the inclusion of any part imported from another
170	170	state other than a generic and insignificant part.
171	171	C. For the purposes of this act, a firearm suppressor is
172	172	manufactured in this state if it is manufactured as des cribed in
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224	224	subsection B of this section without regard to whether a firearm
225	225	imported into this state from another state is attached to or used
226	226	in conjunction with the suppressor.
227	227	D. A firearm suppressor that is manufactured in this state and
228	228	remains in this state is not subject to federal law or federal
229	229	regulation, including registr ation, under the authority of the
230	230	United States Congress to regulate interstate commerce.
231	231	E. A basic material from which a firearm suppressor is
232	232	manufactured in this state, incl uding unmachined steel, is not a
233	233	firearm suppressor and is not subject to federal regulation under
234	234	the authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate
235	235	commerce as if it actually were a firearm suppressor.
236	236	F. A firearm suppressor manufacture d and sold in this state
237	237	must have the words “Made in Oklahoma” clearly stamped on the
238	238	firearm suppressor.
239	239	G. On written notification to the Office of the Attorney
240	240	General of this state by a United States citizen who resides in this
241	241	state of the intent of the citizen to manufacture a firearm
242	242	suppressor to which subsection D of this section applies, the
243	243	Attorney General shall seek a declaratory judgment from a federal
244	244	district court in this state that subsection D of this section is
245	245	consistent with the Unit ed States Constitution.
246	246	H. The provisions of this section apply to:
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298	298	1. The State of Oklahoma, including an agency, department,
299	299	commission, bureau, board, office, council, court, or other entity
300	300	that is in any branch of state government and that is create d by the
301	301	Oklahoma Constitution or a statute of this state, including a
302	302	university system or a system of higher education;
303	303	2. The governing body of a municipality, county, district, or
304	304	authority; and
305	305	3. An officer, employee, or other body that is part of a
306	306	municipality, county, special district, or authority, including a
307	307	sheriff, municipal police department, municipal attorney, or
308	308	district attorney.
309	309	I. An entity described by subsection H of this section may not
310	310	adopt a rule, order, ordinance, or policy un der which the entity
311	311	enforces or, by consistent action , allows the enforcement of a
312	312	federal statute, order, rule, or regulation that purports to
313	313	regulate a firearm suppressor if the statute, order, rule, or
314	314	regulation imposes a prohibition, restriction, or other regulation
315	315	that does not exist under the laws of this state.
316	316	J. No entity described by subsection H of this section and no
317	317	person employed by or otherwise under the direction or control of
318	318	the entity may enforce or attempt to enforce any federal st atute,
319	319	order, rule, or regulation described by subsection I of this
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372	372	K. An entity described by subsection H of this section may not
373	373	receive state grant funds if the entity adopts a rule, order,
374	374	ordinance, or policy under which the entity enforces a federal law
375	375	described by subsection I of this section or, by consistent acti on,
376	376	allows the enforcement of a federal law described by subsection I of
377	377	this section.
378	378	L. State grant funds for the entity shall be denied for the
379	379	fiscal year following the year in which a final judicial
380	380	determination in an action brought under the provisions of this act
381	381	is made that the entity has violated subsection I of this section.
382	382	M. Any citizen residing in the jurisdiction of an entity
383	383	described by subsection H of this se ction may file a complaint to
384	384	the Office of the Attorney General if the citize n offers evidence to
385	385	support an allegation that the entity has adopted a rule, order,
386	386	ordinance, or policy under which the entity enforces a federal law
387	387	described by subsection I of this section or that the entity, by
388	388	consistent action, allows the enforcement of a federal law described
389	389	by subsection I of this section. The citizen shall include with the
390	390	complaint any evidence the citizen has in support of the complaint.
391	391	N. If the Attorney General determines that a complaint filed
392	392	under subsection M of this section against an entity described by
393	393	subsection H of this section is valid to compel the entity ’s
394	394	compliance with the provisions of this act, the Attorney General may
395	395	file a petition for a writ of mandamus or apply for other
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447	447	appropriate equitable relief in the district court of Oklahoma
448	448	County or in a county in which the principal office of the entity is
449	449	located. The Attorney General may recover reasonable expenses
450	450	incurred obtaining relief under this subsection, including court
451	451	costs, reasonable attorn ey fees, investigative costs, witness fees,
452	452	and deposition costs.
453	453	O. An appeal of a suit brought under subsection N of this
454	454	section shall be governed by the procedures for appea ls in civil
455	455	cases under the rules of the Supreme Court. The appellate court
456	456	shall render its final order or judgment with the least possible
457	457	delay.
458	458	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
459	459	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
460	460	declared to exist, by reason whereof this a ct shall take effect and
461	461	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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