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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 769 By: Jech
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to firearms; prohibiting certain
adjudicated delinquents from possessing or purchasing
firearms; requiring certain notifi cation; requiring
electronic submission of final disposition; requiring
the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to update
certain record; authorizing certain petition; stating
certain criteria; authorizing certain review of
determination; requiring elec tronic submission of
certain reinstatement; requiring the Oklahoma State
Bureau of Investigation to make certain update;
authorizing certain appeal; requiring court to hear
certain case de novo; 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 1273.1 of Title 21, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. On or after the effective date of this act, any juvenile
adjudicated delinquent for any violent crime as provided in Section
571 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall not be allowed to
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possess or purchase a firearm until such ju venile reaches twenty -
five (25) years of age.
B. 1. Before a juvenile court accepts a plea of guilty or no
contest from a child who was fourteen (14) years of age o r older at
the time of the offense and charged with a violent crime as provided
in subsection A of this section, the court shall notify the juvenile
that he or she will be prohibited from possessing or purchasing a
firearm until he or she reaches twenty -five (25) years of age.
After such notification, the court may accept the plea of guilty or
no contest if the juvenile clearly states on the record that he or
she is aware of the consequences of the adjudication and still
wishes to enter a plea of guilty or no contest.
2. If a juvenile is found by the court to have committed a
violent crime as provided in subsection A of this section, the court
shall notify the juvenile of the prohibition on possessing or
purchasing a firearm until he or she reaches twenty -five (25) years
of age.
3. The clerk of the juvenile court shall promptly submit an
electronic copy of the final disposition of delinquency proceedings
against a juvenile adjudicated delinquent for a violent crime
pursuant to subsection A to the Federal Bureau of Investigation or
its successor agency for the sole purpose of inclusion in the
National Instant Criminal Background Check System database and the
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. The Oklahoma State Bureau
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of Investigation shall as soon thereafter as is practicable, but in
no case later than ten (10) business days, update the re cord of the
adjudicated delinquent in any databases that such agencies use or
refer to for the purposes of handgun licensing or make the same
available to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
C. 1. Any person subject to the prohibition to possess or
purchase a firearm pursuant to subsection A of this section who is
nineteen (19) years of age or older and at least one (1) year
removed from his or her most recent delinquency adjudication and
completion of any imposed disposition may petiti on the juvenile
court for reinstatement of his or her rights to possess or purchase
a firearm.
2. In making such determination, the court shall consider the
following:
a. the behavior of the person since the delinquency
adjudication that resulted in his o r her inability to
possess or purchase a firearm,
b. the likelihood that the p erson will engage in future
criminal activity, and
c. any other information deemed relevant by the juvenile
court.
3. A court having criminal jurisdiction may review the juvenil e
court’s determination pursuant to paragraph 2 of this subsection.
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4. a. If the juvenile court grants a petition for
reinstatement of the person ’s ability to possess or
purchase a firearm and such order is not appealed,
then the clerk of the juvenile cour t shall promptly
submit an electronic copy to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation or its successor agency for the sole
purpose of inclusion in the National Instant Criminal
Background Check System database and the Oklahoma
State Bureau of Investigation. The Oklahoma State
Bureau of Investigation shall as soon thereafter as is
practicable, but in no case later than ten (10)
business days, update, correct, modify, or remove the
record of the person in any databases that these
agencies use or refer to for the purposes of handgun
licensing, or make available to the National Instant
Criminal Background Check System, and notify the
Federal Bureau of Investigation that the basis for
such record being made available no longer applies.
b. A petitioner or the state m ay appeal a determination
of the court pursuant to subsection C of this section
to a court having criminal jurisdiction. Such appeal
must be filed within ten (10) business days following
the entry of the juvenile court ’s order.
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c. The court having crimina l jurisdiction shall hear the
case de novo.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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