---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms; state preemption of future red flag laws. Emergency."
description: "Firearms; state preemption of future red flag laws. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 1081"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1081 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dahm", "Steagall"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42981f5f-6136-42ad-b242-4b560689181b"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1081&session=2000"
source_hash: "9fa9164f33287f40d2748b886209889ffef3ff35d7132d71d50ec4c3d9912f71"
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 1081 (2020) — Firearms; state preemption of future red flag laws. Emergency.

## 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/2019-20 INT/SB/SB1081 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1081 PCS.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB1081 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB1081 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB1081 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB1081 SFLR.PDF)
7. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB1081 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Dahm — primary (person)
- Steagall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Authored by Senator Dahm
- **2020-02-03** Coauthored by Senator Bullard
- **2020-02-04** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Coauthored by Senator Murdock
- **2020-03-02** Coauthored by Representative Echols (principal House author)
- **2020-03-04** coauthored by Roberts (Dustin)
- **2020-03-12** Coauthored by Senator Bergstrom
- **2020-03-12** General Order, Considered
- **2020-03-12** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 34 Nays: 9 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2020-03-16** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2020-03-16** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-05-06** Second Reading, direct to Calendar
- **2020-05-14** Remove Representative Echols as principal House author and substitute with Representative Steagall
- **2020-05-15** General Order
- **2020-05-15** Coauthored by Representative(s) Grego, Hardin (David), Patzkowsky, Hill, Taylor, Caldwell (Chad), Roberts (Sean), Boles, Lawson, West (Kevin), Smith
- **2020-05-15** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 14 `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-15** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2020-05-15** Referred for enrollment
- **2020-05-15** Enrolled, to House
- **2020-05-15** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2020-05-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-19** Approved by Governor 05/19/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42981f5f-6136-42ad-b242-4b560689181b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).