1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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3 SENATE BILL 720 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 prohibiting enforcement by certain entities and
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9 terms; providing for codification; and providing an
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1289.31 of Title 21, unless
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16 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. A firearm suppressor that is manufactured in this state and
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18 remains in this state shall not be subject to federal law or federal
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19 regulation including registration, under the authority of the United
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20 States Congress to regulate interstate commerce.
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21 1. A basic material from which a firearm suppressor is
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22 manufactured in this state including unmachined steel, is not a
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23 firearm suppressor and is not subject to federal regulation under
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 1 the authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate
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2 commerce as if it were a firearm suppressor.
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3 2. A firearm suppressor manufactured and sold in this state
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4 must have the words “Made in Oklahoma” clearly stamped on it.
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5 B. For purposes of this section, a firearm suppressor is
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6 manufactured in this state if the item is manufactured:
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7 1. In this state from basic materials; and
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8 2. Without the inclusion of any part imported from another
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9 state other than a generic and insignificant part as defined in this
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10 section.
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11 C. For purposes of this section, a firearm suppressor is
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12 manufactured in this state if it is manufactured without regard to
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13 whether a firearm imported into this state from another state is
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14 attached to or used in conjunction with the suppressor.
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15 D. No municipality or other political subdivision shall adopt a
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16 rule, order, ordinance, or policy under which the entity enforces,
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17 or by consistent action allows the enforcement of a federal statute,
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18 order, rule, or regulation that purports to regulate a firearm
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19 suppressor if the statute, order, rule, or regulation imposes a
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20 prohibition, restriction, or other regulation that does not exist
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21 under the laws of this state.
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22 E. No person employed by or otherwise under the direction or
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23 control of a municipality or other political subdivision shall
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 1 enforce or attempt to enforce any federal statute, ordinance, rule,
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2 or regulation described by subsection D of this section.
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3 F. No municipality or political subdivision shall receive state
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4 grant funds if the entity adopts a rule, order, ordinance, or policy
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5 under which the entity enforces a federal law described by
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6 subsection D of this section.
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7 G. As used in this section:
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8 1. “Firearm” shall have the same definition as provided in
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9 Section 1289.3 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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10 2. “Firearm suppressor” means any device designed, made, or
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11 adapted to muffle the report of a firearm;
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12 3. “Generic and insignificant part” means an item that has
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13 manufacturing or consumer product applications other than inclusion
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14 in a firearm suppressor. The term includes but is not limited to a
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15 spring, screw, nut, or pin; and
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16 4. “Manufacture” includes forging, casting, machining, or
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17 another process for working a material.
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18 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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