Oklahoma SB 463: Firearm suppressors; creating the Sportsman Hearing Protection Act; providing requirements for manufacturing firearm suppressors in Oklahoma. Emergency.

Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

SENATE BILL 463 By: Woods

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to firearm suppressors; creating the
Sportsman Hearing Protection Act; providing short
title; defining terms; providing requirements for
manufacturing firearm suppressors in Oklahoma;
providing certain exemption from federal laws and
federal regulations; declaring firearm suppressors
manufactured in Oklahoma exempt from federal
regulation; requiring certain stamp on firearm
suppressors manufactured and sold in Oklahoma;
directing Attorney General to seek declaratory
judgments under certain circumstances; stating
applicability of statute; prohibiting certain
entities from adopting or imposing rules, ordinances,
policies, or restrictions; regulating firearm
suppressors that contravene state law; prohibiting
certain entities and employees from enforcing or
attempting to enforce certain federal statutes,
orders, rules, or regulations; prohibiting certain
entities from receiving state grant funds under
certain circumstances; authorizing citizens to file
certain complaints with the Attorney General; stating
procedures for filing complaint; authorizing the
Attorney General to seek certain relief if complaint
is determined to be valid; providing for the recovery
of reasonable expenses and attorney fees; providing
for appellate relief; providing for noncodification;
providing for codification; and declaring an
emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

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SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Sportsman
Hearing Protection Act”.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1289.31 of Title 21, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this act:
1. “Firearm” means a rifle, pistol, or shotgun;
2. “Firearm suppressor” means any device designed, made, or
adapted to muffle the report of a firearm;
3. “Generic and insignificant part” means an item that has
manufacturing or consumer product applications other than inclusion
in a firearm suppressor. The term includes a spring, screw, nut,
and pin; and
4. “Manufacture” includes forging, casting, machining, or
another process for working a material.
B. For the purposes of this act, a firearm suppressor is
manufactured in this state if the item is manufactured:
1. In this state from basic materials; and
2. Without the inclusion of any part imported from another
state other than a generic and insignificant part.
C. For the purposes of this act, a firearm suppressor is
manufactured in this state if it is manufactured as described in

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subsection B of this section without regard to whether a firearm
imported into this state from another state is attached to or used
in conjunction with the suppressor.
D. A firearm suppressor that is manufactured in this state and
remains in this state is not subject to federal law or federal
regulation, including registration, under the authority of the
United States Congress to regulate interstate commerce.
E. A basic material from which a firearm suppressor is
manufactured in this state, including unmachined steel, is not a
firearm suppressor and is not subject to federal regulation under
the authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate
commerce as if it actually were a firearm suppressor.
F. A firearm suppressor manufactured and sold in this state
must have the words “Made in Oklahoma” clearly stamped on the
firearm suppressor.
G. On written notification to the Office of the Attorney
General of this state by a United States citizen who resides in this
state of the intent of the citizen to manufacture a firearm
suppressor to which subsection D of this section applies, the
Attorney General shall seek a declaratory judgment from a federal
district court in this state that subsection D of this section is
consistent with the United States Constitution.
H. The provisions of this section apply to:

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1. The State of Oklahoma, including an agency, department,
commission, bureau, board, office, council, court, or other entity
that is in any branch of state government and that is created by the
Oklahoma Constitution or a statute of this state, including a
university system or a system of higher education;
2. The governing bo