HB 3057 Summary

• State legislature preempts entire field of firearms legislation to the exclusion of municipal or political subdivision orders, ordinances, or regulations, with exceptions for certain firearm discharge ordinances and traffic citations for improper firearm transportation.

• Open carrying of a handgun under the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act cannot be punishable by municipalities as disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, or similar offenses against public order.

• Municipalities are prohibited from regulating the sale, purchase, transfer, ownership, use, possession, carrying, licensing, permit, registration, or taxation of firearms, knives, firearm and ammunition components, or supplies.

• A person adversely affected by a municipal order, ordinance, or regulation violating the preemption provisions may bring a civil action for injunctive relief or monetary damages against the municipality or political subdivision.

• Courts shall award reasonable expenses including attorney fees, expert witness fees, court costs, and lost income compensation to a person who prevails in a preemption lawsuit or whose case is resolved when the ordinance is rescinded or repealed.

• Effective date: November 1, 2016.