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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 557 By: Deevers
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to firearms; amending 21 O.S. 2021,
66	66	Section 1289.24, which relates to the Oklahoma
67	67	Firearms Act of 1971 ; expanding scope of state
68	68	preemption provision to include firearm and
69	69	ammunition components; prohibiting the adoption of
70	70	policies or resolutions that violate state preemption
71	71	provision; clarifying procedures that authorize the
72	72	filing of civil actions; providing for the pa yment of
73	73	reasonable expenses under certain circumstances;
74	74	allowing aggrieved p ersons to retain standing under
75	75	certain circumstances; defining term; and providing
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81	81	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
82	82	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1289.24, is
83	83	amended to read as follows:
84	84	Section 1289.24
85	85	FIREARM REGULATION – STATE PREEMPTION
86	86	A. 1. The State Legislature hereby occupies and preempts the
87	87	entire field of legislation in this st ate touching in any way
88	88	firearms, air powered pistols, air powered rifles, kni ves, firearm
89	89	and ammunition components, ammunition and supplies to the complete
90	90	exclusion of any order, policy, ordinance or regulation by any
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142	142	municipality, agency, or other political subdivision of this state.
143	143	Any existing or future orders, policies, ordinances or regulations
144	144	in this field, except as provided for in paragraph 2 of this
145	145	subsection and subsection C of this section, are null and void.
146	146	2. A municipality may adopt a ny ordinance:
147	147	a. relating to the discharge of firearms within the
148	148	jurisdiction of the municipality,
149	149	b. allowing the municipality to issue a traffic citation
150	150	for transporting a firearm improperly as provided for
151	151	in Section 1289.13A of this title, provided, however,
152	152	that penalties contained for violation of any
153	153	ordinance enacted pursuant to the provisions of this
154	154	subparagraph shall not exceed the penalties
155	155	established in the Oklahoma Self -Defense Act, and
156	156	c. allowing the municipality to issue a citation to an
157	157	individual or the parent or guardian of a minor who
158	158	discharges an air powered pistol or air powered rifle
159	159	in an intentional or negligent manner which causes the
160	160	projectile to leave the intended premises.
161	161	3. As provided in the preemption provisions of thi s section,
162	162	the otherwise lawful carrying or possession of a firearm under the
163	163	provisions of Chapter 53 of this title shall not be punishable by
164	164	any municipality, agency, or other political subdivision of this
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216	216	state as disorderly conduct, disturbing the pea ce or similar offense
217	217	against public order.
218	218	4. A public or private school may create a policy regulating
219	219	the possession of knives on school property or in any school bus or
220	220	vehicle used by the school for purposes of transportation.
221	221	B. No municipality, agency, or other political subdivision of
222	222	this state shall adopt any order, policy, ordinance, resolution, or
223	223	regulation concerning in any way the sale, purchase, purchase delay,
224	224	transfer, ownership, use, keeping, possession, carrying, bearing,
225	225	transportation, licensing, permit, registration, taxation other than
226	226	sales and compensating use taxes or other controls on firearms,
227	227	knives, firearm and ammunition components, ammunition and supplies.
228	228	C. Except as hereinafter provided, this section shall not
229	229	prohibit any order, policy, ordinance or regulation by any
230	230	municipality concerning the confiscation of property used in
231	231	violation of the ordinances of the municipality as provided for in
232	232	Section 28-121 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Provided,
233	233	however, no municipal ordinance relating to transporting a firearm
234	234	or knife improperly may i nclude a provision for confiscation of
235	235	property.
236	236	D. When a person’s rights pursuant to the protection of the
237	237	preemption provisions of this section have been violated by any
238	238	order, policy, ordinance, resolution , or regulation promulgated or
239	239	enforced by any person, municipality, agency , or other political
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291	291	subdivision of this state, the person so violated shall have the
292	292	right to bring a civil action against the persons person, government
293	293	employee if the government employee was acting beyond the scope of
294	294	employment, municipality, and agency, or political subdivision
295	295	jointly and severally for injunctive relief or monetary damages or
296	296	both.
297	297	E. A court may require the person, municipalit y, agency, or
298	298	political subdivision to pay reasonable expenses to the aggrieved
299	299	party in a civil action filed pursuant to the provisions of
300	300	subsection D of this section if:
301	301	1. The aggrieved party first provides written notice of the
302	302	unlawful order, policy , ordinance, resolution , or regulation by
303	303	certified, first-class mail or service of process to the clerk of
304	304	the municipality or to the designated agent of the municipality,
305	305	agency, or political subdivision and allows the person,
306	306	municipality, agency , or political subdivision ninety (90) days to
307	307	rescind, repeal, or otherwise abrogate the order, policy, ordinance,
308	308	resolution, or regulation; and
309	309	2. A court rules in favor of the aggrieved person whose rights
310	310	were violated and the issue in controversy is govern ed by previously
311	311	settled law.
312	312	If the person, municipality, agency , or political subdivision
313	313	fails to rescind, repeal , or otherwise abrogate the unlawful order,
314	314	policy, ordinance, resolution , or regulation within ninety (90) days
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366	366	of the required notice, as provided in paragraph 1 of this
367	367	subsection and the order, policy, ordinance, resolution , or
368	368	regulation is subsequently rescinded, repealed , or otherwise
369	369	abrogated after the aggrieved party files suit, the aggrieved party
370	370	shall retain standing in the suit a nd may recover damages or
371	371	reasonable expenses.
372	372	F. As used in this section , air powered pistol:
373	373	1. “Air-powered pistol” or air powered rifle “air-powered
374	374	rifle” is any pistol or rifle that uses compressed air or other
375	375	compressed gas to project plastic BB -like or pellet-like projectiles
376	376	at a speed not exceeding 400 feet per second ; and
377	377	2. “Reasonable expenses” includes, but is not limited to,
378	378	attorney fees, expert witness fees , and court costs.
379	379	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective No vember 1, 2025.
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