1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 SENATE BILL 1551 By: Burns
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to firearms; disallowing regulation
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8 defining terms; providing for codification; and
9 providing an effective date.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1289.31 of Title 21, unless
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15 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16 A. 1. A firearm suppressor that is manufactured in this state
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17 and remains in this state shall not be subject to federal law or
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18 federal regulation including registration under the authority of the
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19 United States Congress to regulate interstate commerce.
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20 2. A basic material from which a firearm suppressor is
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21 manufactured in this state including unmachined steel, is not a
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22 firearm suppressor and is not subject to federal regulation under
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23 the authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate
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24 commerce as if it were a firearm suppressor.
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 1 3. A firearm suppressor manufactured and sold in this state
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2 must have the words “Made in Oklahoma” clearly stamped, machined, or
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3 engraved on it.
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4 B. For purposes of this section, a firearm suppressor is
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5 manufactured in this state if the item is manufactured:
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6 1. In this state from basic materials; and
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7 2. Without the inclusion of any part imported from another
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8 state other than a generic and insignificant part as defined in this
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9 section.
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10 C. For purposes of this section, a firearm suppressor is
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11 manufactured in this state if it is manufactured without regard to
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12 whether a firearm imported into this state from another state is
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13 attached to or used in conjunction with the suppressor.
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14 D. No agency, municipality, or other political subdivision
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15 shall adopt a rule, order, ordinance, or policy under which the
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16 entity enforces an order, rule, or regulation that purports to
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17 regulate a firearm suppressor if the statute, order, rule, or
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18 regulation imposes a prohibition, restriction, or other regulation
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19 that does not exist under the laws of this state.
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20 E. As used in this section:
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21 1. “Firearm” shall have the same definition as provided in
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22 Section 1289.3 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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23 2. “Firearm suppressor” means any device designed, made, or
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24 adapted to muffle the report of a firearm;
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 1 3. “Generic and insignificant part” means an item that has
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2 manufacturing or consumer product applications other than inclusion
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3 in a firearm suppressor. The term includes but is not limited to a
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4 spring, screw, nut, or pin; and
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5 4. “Manufacture” includes forging, casting, machining, or
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6 another process for working a material.
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7 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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