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Opposite Chamber
The following is a list of bills still moving during the 2016 State Legislative Session. These bills have already been heard by the Chamber of Origin (HB's in the House and SB's in the Senate) and have now been sent to the Opposite Chamber for their consideration (HB's are in the Senate and SB's are in the House). Consult our blog or our email alerts for the current status of the bills.
House Bills
HJR1009 (Fisher/Silk) - OK2A-Action's proposed amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution. To learn more, go here.
HB2427 (Kern/Dahm) - Clean-up bill dealing with the definitions of pistols and handguns.
HB2834 (Echols/Dahm) - Protects individuals in a self-defense situation from being charged with felony pointing.
HB3098 (J Coody/Brecheen) - Unlicensed Open Carry.
Senate Bills
SB1057 (Fry/Calvey) - Closes loophole cities have used to ban the otherwise legal carrying of firearms during city festivals.
SB1142 (Dahm/S Roberts) - Restricts Game Wardens from entering private property based solely on the mere discharge of a firearm.
SB1159 (Dahm/Jordan) - Repeals restrictions against carrying certain typse of knives.
SB1185 (David/Derby) - Clean-up bill dealing with reciprocity issues.
Non-2A Bills
OK2A-Action Supported Bills:
HB3162 (Hickman/Bingman) - Restructures the duties of the Judicial Nominating Committee.
OK2A-Action Opposed Bills:
SJR30 (Bingman/Grau) - Restricts the Legislature from hearing policy bills (such as Second Amendment legislation) on election years.
OK2A-Action requested bills are in bold type.
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Introduced Bills
The following bills have been introduced for consideration during the 2016 Legislative Session. As soon as bill numbers are announced and bills are assigned to committee, we will update the list with that information. We will also link the bill number to the State Legislature's website as soon as possible. An asterisk (*) indicates the bill is an OK2A-Action request bill.
HB2933* - McCullough - Remove non-secured state and local government buildings from prohibited places list
HB2859* - Roberts, S - Game Wardens prohibited from entering private property without probabl cause
HB* - Jordan - Business owners rights
HB3053* - Kern - Bus Carry
HB2998* - Moore - Bus Carry
HB3057* - Newell - State preemption
HB2266* - Faught - Immunity from liability for public colleges and universities
HB2834* - Echols - Remove penalty for pointing firearm for self-defense
HB3098* - Coody, J - Constitutional Carry
HB* - Wood - Reciprocity
HB2660* - Murdock - Allow long guns to be left in locked vehicle on school parking lots
HB2427* - Kern - Clarification of definitions of handguns and barrel length
HB3054* - Kern - Allow long guns to be left in locked vehicles on school parking lots
SJR* - Silk - Amendment to Oklahoma Constitution
SB886* - Brecheen - SDA handgun licensing process overhaul
SB1015* - Silk - Remove non-secured state and local government building from prohibitied places list
SB978* - Loveless - Game Wardens prohibited from entering private property without probable cause
SB1142* - Dahm - Game Wardens prohibited from entering private property without probably cause
SB1079* - Silk - Business owners rights
SB1089* - Dahm - Business owners rights
SB1057* - Fry - Immunity for local government for local events and festivals
SB1143* - Dahm - Campus Carry
SB980* - Silk - Car Carry
SB1158* - Dahm - Car Carry
SB* - Silk - Capital Carry
SB* - Silk - Non-secured buildings and Capitol Carry
SB1081* - Brecheen - Constitutional Carry
SB1160* - Dahm - Unlicensed open carry
SB1185* - David - Reciprocity
SB1184* - David - Immunity for county governments
SB* - Dahm - State preemption
SB913 - Simpson - National Guard members allowed to carry on state property
Bills OK2A-Action opposes:
SB1009 - Matthews - this bill would water down the Stand Your Ground Law
SB1347 - Barrington - OKC Chamber bill (see blog for details) NOTE: Sen Barrignton has agreed to meet with OK2A-Action about this bill and seems willing to work with us to remove portions of the bill. We will post information about this meeting when available.
HB2986 - Christian - OKC Chamber bill (same as SB1347)
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Active 2015 Bills
Bills filed on odd numbered years that are not voted down remain active for the session the following year. Below is a list of bills that remain active from last year's Legislative Session. An asterisk (*) indicates the bill is an OK2A-Action requested bill.
HJR1009* - Fisher - Amendment to Oklahoma Constitution
HB1936* - Calvey - SDA hangun licensing process overhaul
SB89* - Silk - Allow long guns to be left in locked vehicle on school parking lots
SB212* - Griffin - Immunity from liability for public colleges and universities
SB461* - Dahm - Omnibus Bill (includes: Capitol Carry, Car Carry, Campus Carry, Removal of non-secured buildings from prohibited places list, private college immunity)