---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms; felony pointing firearms; physical or deadly force against an intruder. Effective date."
description: "Firearms; felony pointing firearms; physical or deadly force against an intruder. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 40 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstrom", "Cleveland"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/648f92ea-df32-4d05-8fc8-299742a9c1c1"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB40&session=1800"
source_hash: "2d7e7157b6818abed9ad8b4350655e4f12ec4d2f799d320bd8eea1538e847645"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ok"]
---

# Oklahoma SB 40 (2017-2018) — Firearms; felony pointing firearms; physical or deadly force against an intruder. Effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 INT/SB/SB40 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB40 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB40 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB40 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB40 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB40 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB40 HCS.PDF)
8. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB40 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **34–8** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **36–4** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **82–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bergstrom — primary (person)
- Cleveland — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Authored by Senator David
- **2017-02-06** Remove as author Senator David; authored by Bergstrom
- **2017-02-06** Coauthored by Senator David
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-01** Coauthored by Senator Brecheen
- **2017-03-01** Coauthored by Representative Cleveland (principal House author)
- **2017-03-02** coauthored by Calvey
- **2017-03-06** coauthored by Coody
- **2017-03-08** General Order, Amended
- **2017-03-08** Title stricken
- **2017-03-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2017-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-09** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-09** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Civil and Environmental `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Withdrawn from Judiciary - Civil and Environmental Committee
- **2017-04-13** Referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-18** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-18** Coauthored by Senator(s) Dahm
- **2017-04-18** Enacting clause stricken
- **2017-04-25** General Order
- **2017-04-25** Coauthored by Representative(s) Gann, Roberts (Sean)
- **2017-04-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-25** Title restored
- **2017-04-25** Enacting clause restored
- **2017-04-25** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 8 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-26** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-04-26** HAs read
- **2017-05-08** HAs adopted
- **2017-05-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 34 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-08** Coauthored by Senator Newberry
- **2017-05-09** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-09** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-09** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-15** Approved by Governor 05/15/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/648f92ea-df32-4d05-8fc8-299742a9c1c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).