SB 500 Oklahoma Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Firearms; prohibiting certain contracts with governmental entities. Effective date.

SB 500 prohibits Oklahoma governmental entities from entering into certain contracts with companies unless those companies provide written verification that they do not and will not discriminate against firearm entities or firearm trade associations. This applies to contracts valued at $100,000 or more with companies employing at least ten full-time employees. The bill defines what constitutes discrimination against firearm entities, which include manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and gun ranges. Exceptions are made for sole-source providers or if no compliant bids are received, and the Office of Management and Enterprise Services oversees compliance for state government contracts.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

May 2025

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Signed May 5, 2025

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What changed between versions

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

MINOR

The bill was revised from the House version to the Senate version, primarily reformatting the header and page numbering. The substantive policy content regarding firearm definitions, governmental contracting restrictions, and verification requirements remains unchanged.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains the same; only the formatting and header information were modified to reflect Senate floor processing.

TECHNICAL

Header text was changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated date and bill number formatting.

Page numbering and footer text were updated to reflect Senate floor version instead of House floor version.

POLICY

All substantive policy language, including definitions of firearm-related terms, governmental contracting restrictions, and verification requirements, remains identical between versions.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 5, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor 05/03/2025

upper

Apr 28, 2025

Committee

Referred for enrollment

upper

Apr 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 73 Nays: 16

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass Government Oversight Committee

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass State Powers

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Committee

Referred to State Powers

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Committee

Referred to General Government

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Engrossed to House

upper

Mar 26, 2025

Committee

Referred for engrossment

upper

Mar 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 8

upper

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