SB 636 Oklahoma Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Firearms; prohibiting certain expenditure of public funds. Effective date.

SB 636 prohibits Oklahoma state entities, political subdivisions, and their contractors from using public funds for any activity opposing Second Amendment rights. Specifically, it bans spending public money on anti-gun rights propaganda, materials opposing gun-related legislation or regulations, or hiring lobbyists to influence such laws. The bill defines public property, employee time, or resources as "public funds" and exempts elected officials, neutral testimony, and personal opinions. Violations carry misdemeanor penalties including up to $1,000 fines or 1 year in jail. The law takes effect November 1, 2025.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Feb 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Floor (Senate) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to add co-sponsorship from a House member and reorganized the formatting for floor consideration. The substantive policy language regarding restrictions on public funds for Second Amendment-related activities remains unchanged from the original version.

TECHNICAL

Added co-sponsorship by Kevin West of the House of Representatives to the bill header.

Reformatted the document layout to indicate this is the Senate Floor Version with committee amendment notation.

Added a committee report section at the end indicating the Public Safety Committee recommendation to pass the bill.

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Committee

Feb 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors