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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 557 By: Deevers
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to firearms; amending 21 O.S. 2021,
Section 1289.24, which relates to the Oklahoma
Firearms Act of 1971 ; expanding scope of state
preemption provision to include firearm and
ammunition components; prohibiting the adoption of
policies or resolutions that violate state preemption
provision; clarifying procedures that authorize the
filing of civil actions; providing for the pa yment of
reasonable expenses under certain circumstances;
allowing aggrieved p ersons to retain standing under
certain circumstances; defining term; and providing
an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1289.24, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1289.24
FIREARM REGULATION – STATE PREEMPTION
A. 1. The State Legislature hereby occupies and preempts the
entire field of legislation in this st ate touching in any way
firearms, air powered pistols, air powered rifles, kni ves, firearm
and ammunition components, ammunition and supplies to the complete
exclusion of any order, policy, ordinance or regulation by any
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municipality, agency, or other political subdivision of this state.
Any existing or future orders, policies, ordinances or regulations
in this field, except as provided for in paragraph 2 of this
subsection and subsection C of this section, are null and void.
2. A municipality may adopt a ny ordinance:
a. relating to the discharge of firearms within the
jurisdiction of the municipality,
b. allowing the municipality to issue a traffic citation
for transporting a firearm improperly as provided for
in Section 1289.13A of this title, provided, however,
that penalties contained for violation of any
ordinance enacted pursuant to the provisions of this
subparagraph shall not exceed the penalties
established in the Oklahoma Self -Defense Act, and
c. allowing the municipality to issue a citation to an
individual or the parent or guardian of a minor who
discharges an air powered pistol or air powered rifle
in an intentional or negligent manner which causes the
projectile to leave the intended premises.
3. As provided in the preemption provisions of thi s section,
the otherwise lawful carrying or possession of a firearm under the
provisions of Chapter 53 of this title shall not be punishable by
any municipality, agency, or other political subdivision of this
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state as disorderly conduct, disturbing the pea ce or similar offense
against public order.
4. A public or private school may create a policy regulating
the possession of knives on school property or in any school bus or
vehicle used by the school for purposes of transportation.
B. No municipality, agency, or other political subdivision of
this state shall adopt any order, policy, ordinance, resolution, or
regulation concerning in any way the sale, purchase, purchase delay,
transfer, ownership, use, keeping, possession, carrying, bearing,
transportation, licensing, permit, registration, taxation other than
sales and compensating use taxes or other controls on firearms,
knives, firearm and ammunition components, ammunition and supplies.
C. Except as hereinafter provided, this section shall not
prohibit any order, policy, ordinance or regulation by any
municipality concerning the confiscation of property used in
violation of the ordinances of the municipality as provided for in
Section 28-121 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Provided,
however, no municipal ordinance relating to transporting a firearm
or knife improperly may i nclude a provision for confiscation of
property.
D. When a person’s rights pursuant to the protection of the
preemption provisions of this section have been violated by any
order, policy, ordinance, resolution , or regulation promulgated or
enforced by any person, municipality, agency , or other political
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subdivision of this state, the person so violated shall have the
right to bring a civil action against the persons person, government
employee if the government employee was acting beyond the scope of
employment, municipality, and agency, or political subdivision
jointly and severally for injunctive relief or monetary damages or
both.
E. A court may require the person, municipalit y, agency, or
political subdivision to pay reasonable expenses to the aggrieved
party in a civil action filed pursuant to the provisions of
subsection D of this section if:
1. The aggrieved party first provides written notice of the
unlawful order, policy , ordinance, resolution , or regulation by
certified, first-class mail or service of process to the clerk of
the municipality or to the designated agent of the municipality,
agency, or political subdivision and allows the person,
municipality, agency , or political subdivision ninety (90) days to
rescind, repeal, or otherwise abrogate the order, policy, ordinance,
resolution, or regulation; and
2. A court rules in favor of the aggrieved person whose rights
were violated and the issue in controversy is govern ed by previously
settled law.
If the person, municipality, agency , or political subdivision
fails to rescind, repeal , or otherwise abrogate the unlawful order,
policy, ordinance, resolution , or regulation within ninety (90) days
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of the required notice, as provided in paragraph 1 of this
subsection and the order, policy, ordinance, resolution , or
regulation is subsequently rescinded, repealed , or otherwise
abrogated after the aggrieved party files suit, the aggrieved party
shall retain standing in the suit a nd may recover damages or
reasonable expenses.
F. As used in this section , air powered pistol:
1. “Air-powered pistol” or air powered rifle “air-powered
rifle” is any pistol or rifle that uses compressed air or other
compressed gas to project plastic BB -like or pellet-like projectiles
at a speed not exceeding 400 feet per second ; and
2. “Reasonable expenses” includes, but is not limited to,
attorney fees, expert witness fees , and court costs.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective No vember 1, 2025.
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