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OK SB448

Bill

Status

Passed

4/23/2025

Primary Sponsor

Warren Hamilton

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Nonresident hunters must schedule with the Department of Wildlife Conservation and receive written authorization before hunting, killing, or trapping wildlife on state or federal wildlife refuges or Wildlife Management Areas

  • Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall create a lottery system as needed for distributing nonresident permits, with fees not to exceed $100

  • Violations are punishable by fines of $100 to $1,000, imprisonment of 10 to 30 days, or both; subsequent violations result in suspension of hunting privileges on these areas

  • Lake Murray State Park remains exempt from hunting and trapping and shall continue as a wildlife preserve

  • Effective date: November 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Wildlife; requiring nonresident hunters to receive permission from the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission to use Wildlife Management Areas. Effective date.

Last Action

Approved by Governor 04/23/2025

4/23/2025

Committee Referrals

Wildlife4/1/2025
Energy and Natural Resources Oversight4/1/2025
Agriculture and Wildlife2/4/2025

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