ORA POSITION:
GOOD BILL
BAD BILL
SENATE BILLS
SB0277,
by Sen. Mike Schulz, R-Altus and Rep. Don
Armes, R-Faxon, makes a felony second and subsequent offenses of trespassing
and unauthorized hunting on commercial hunting areas, punishable by a fine
between $1,500 and $5,000 and/or imprisonment for a maximum of one year. The
bill also authorizes the court to order restitution for actual damages. The
effective date of this bill is 11/01/2009 without an emergency clause.
Current status: 5/18/2009 – Sent to Governor.
SB0450 by Sen. Kenneth Corn,
D-Howe and Rep. Neil Brannon, D-Arkoma, allows the hunting and taking of
black bear with a license from the Wildlife Conservation director and
directs the Wildlife Conservation Commission to decide the open season, bag
limits and territorial limits. The bill has an emergency clause.
The current status of this bill is passed both houses,
sent to Governor.
SB0932 by Sen.
Glenn Coffee, R-Oklahoma City and Rep. Rex Duncan, R-Sand Springs, allows
Oklahoma residents age 21 or older who are under the protection of a
protective order issued under the Protection from Domestic Abuse Act to
request a temporary emergency concealed weapons license from a county
sheriff. The bill establishes a procedure for applying for such license. The
effective date of this bill is 11/01/2009 without an emergency clause.
Current status: 5/15/2009 – Approved by
Governor.
SB1033, by John Sparks,
D-Norman and Rep. Don Armes, R-Faxon, increases penalties for trespass on
farmed cervidae facility: a felony with fine of $5000 or imprisonment in
State Penitentiary for up to two years or both.
Signed by the Governor 5/26/2009..
SB1123 by Sen. Anthony Sykes,
R-Moore and Rep. Mike Thompson, R-Oklahoma City, exempts from civil
liability an owner, employee, participant, member or customer of a gun
range, gun shop or gun club, who is acting in good faith and pursuant to the
standards of the firearm industry for injuries to any person engaged in
firearm activities on the premises of such range, shop or club when such
injuries result from the inherent risks of such activities. The bill also
establishes certain limits to the exemption. The effective date of this bill
is 11/01/2009 without an emergency clause. Signed
by the Governor 5/22/2009.
SB1035
by Sen. John Sparks, D-Norman
and Rep. Don Armes, R-Faxon, increases penalties for trespassing on private
land that is primarily devoted to farming, ranching or forestry, increasing
from $250 to $1,500 the maximum fine and from $500 to $1,500 the minimum
fine for second or subsequent offenses and from $1,000 to $2,500 the maximum
fine for such offenses. It also increases from $50 to $250 the fine for
persons who maliciously enter land and commit or attempt to commit waste,
theft or damage. The effective date of this bill is 11/01/2009 without an
emergency clause. The current status of this bill is House Introduction and
First Reading taken on 03/12/2009.
Died in Conference Committee.
HOUSE BILLS
HB1025 - by Rep. Rex
Duncan, R-Sand Springs and Sen. Anthony Sykes, R-Moore, makes it unlawful
for any private employer to ask any applicant for employment information
regarding whether he/she owns or possesses a firearm. It creates a
misdemeanor offense for violations, subject to a maximum $1,000 fine and/or
imprisonment in the county jail for a maximum 90 days. The bill also
prohibits public employers and officials from asking applicants whether they
own or possess firearms. In the Senate, language requiring imprisonment for
violation of the bill''s language was removed and language prohibiting sex
offenders from operating ice cream trucks was added to the bill. The bill
has an emergency clause. The current status of this bill: 5/18/2009 –
Passed Senate. Sent to Governor.HB1025, by Rep. Rex Duncan, R-Sand Springs
and Sen. Anthony Sykes, R-Moore, makes it unlawful for any private employer
to ask any applicant for employment information regarding whether he/she
owns or possesses a firearm. It creates a misdemeanor offense for
violations, subject to a maximum $1,000 fine and/or imprisonment in the
county jail for a maximum 90 days. The bill also prohibits public employers
and officials from asking applicants whether they own or possess firearms.
In the Senate, language requiring imprisonment for violation of the bill''s
language was removed and language prohibiting sex offenders from operating
ice cream trucks was added to the bill. The bill has an emergency clause.
Signed by the Governor 5/22/2009.
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HB1449, by Rep.
Ryan McMullen, D-Burns Flat and Sen. Jerry Ellis, D-Valliant, allows
applicants for firearm instructors'' licenses under provisions of the
Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to request a 10-year license at double the normal
fee. It modifies language related to preclusions for misdemeanor drug
offenses, stipulating that such offenses shall preclude applicants for gun
licenses for only three years. The bill also allows any person honorably
discharged from active military duty, National Guard duty or military
reserves who applies for a concealed handgun license or seeks to renew a
concealed handgun license the option of requesting a life-time license for a
fee of $100. It also removes language limiting the training course exemption
given to honorably discharged active military, National Guard or military
reserve to only 20 years within application for a concealed handgun license.
The effective date of this bill is 11/01/2009 without an emergency clause.
The current status: Dormant.
HB1865, by Rep. Jeff
Hickman, R-Dacoma and Sen. Patrick Anderson, R-Enid, allows residents to
purchase rifles, shotguns and ammunition from an out-of-state dealer,
regardless of whether it is in a contiguous state.
The bill has an emergency clause. Governor Signed on
04/20/2009
HB1332, by Rep. Lee
Denney, R-Cushing and Sen. Cliff Branan, R-Oklahoma City, creates the Oklahoma
Pet Quality Assurance and Protection Act to be administered by the Department of
Agriculture, Food and Forestry, making it unlawful for a person to sell, give
away or transfer a cumulative total of 35 or more dogs or cats, or combination
thereof, in any calendar year directly to any person without first obtaining a
pet quality assurance license. It directs the state veterinarian to appoint a
rule advisory committee to act as advisors to the State Board of Agriculture in
the formation of rules under the Oklahoma Pet Quality Assurance and Protection
Act. It exempts municipal and county animal shelters from the licensing
provisions of the act, but allows them to voluntarily obtain pet quality
assurance licenses. It requires any person holding such license to conspicuously
display the license on the premises where the dogs or cats are kept and sold.
The bill directs the State Board of Agriculture to promulgate rules to implement
the act and charge fees for licenses. It also authorizes the board to enter any
premises or form of transportation during reasonable hours to implement the act.
It makes records received by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
under the act open records and available for public inspection. It prohibits a
pet quality assurance license from being issued under certain circumstances. The
bill also creates the Pet Quality Assurance Enforcement Fund. It states that
noncompliance with the act''s requirements or enacted rules can constitute
grounds for denial of a license or license renewal, imposition of a fine or
license suspension or revocation. It states that when a pet quality assurance
license is revoked, suspended or not renewed, a district court can order the
seizure and impounding of dogs and cats in possession or care of the licensee.
It prohibits pet quality assurance licensees from selling, giving away or
transferring ownership of any dog or cat unless it is six weeks old. It requires
licensees to maintain certain records. The current
status of this bill: DORMANT. Failed to get out of Conference Committee.
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National Legislation
Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale
Act of 2009
1/6/2009--Introduced - Rep. Bobby
Rush
[D, IL]
Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act
of 2009 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit a person
from possessing a firearm unless that person has been issued a firearm license
under this Act or a state system certified und
<< See Full Bill
Here
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Citizens' Self-Defense
Act of 2009 HR-17
1/6/2009--Introduced--Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R, MD-6]
To protect the
right to obtain firearms for security, and to use firearms in defense of self,
family, or home, and to provide for the enforcement of such right.
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Full Bill Here >> |
