HB 1139 Oklahoma House · 2025 Regular Session

Firearms; authorizing the transport and storage of firearms and weapons on school property under certain circumstances; effective date.

HB 1139 amends Oklahoma law regarding firearms on school property. It allows individuals with a valid handgun license to carry any firearm, not just a handgun, in a privately owned motor vehicle onto school parking lots, provided the firearm is stored, hidden, and locked when the vehicle is unattended. The bill also updates wording in other existing exceptions, replacing "gun" with "firearm" in some

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Apr 17, 2025

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What changed between versions

Floor (House) → Floor (Senate) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended during its passage from the House to the Senate, primarily involving formatting updates, renumbering of subsections, and minor text adjustments to the committee report section. No substantive policy changes were made to the actual provisions regarding firearm possession on school property.

TECHNICAL

Header information was updated to reflect Senate floor version with the date April 15, 2025, and sponsor names were slightly reorganized.

Subsection numbering within the bill text was reorganized, with some numbers being renumbered (e.g., 3. 2. and 4. 3.) to align with Senate formatting conventions.

A committee report section was added at the end of the Senate version, indicating the bill passed the Committee on Public Safety on April 15, 2025.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Committee

Referred to Public Safety

upper

Mar 25, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

Mar 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Engrossed, signed, to Senate

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Committee

Referred for engrossment

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 14

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee

lower

Feb 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to Criminal Judiciary

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors