---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms; allowing certain persons to carry firearms on public or municipal property. Effective date."
description: "Firearms; allowing certain persons to carry firearms on public or municipal property. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 708"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 708 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David", "Echols"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8122423-0690-4650-b0b3-752407736e63"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB708&session=2000"
source_hash: "7be8020b1a1ef020b5d9aa1db7ae4247e263c3a33a1c141dcedd6a7e4a1d351f"
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 708 (2020) — Firearms; allowing certain persons to carry firearms on public or municipal property. 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/2019-20 INT/SB/SB708 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by ECHOLS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB708 FA1 ECHOLSJO-GRS(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB708 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB708 PCS.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB708 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB708 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB708 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB708 SFLR.PDF)
9. **SB708 (3-11-19) (DAVID) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB708 (3-11-19) (DAVID) FS FA1.PDF)
10. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB708 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **40–5** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **40–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David — primary (person)
- Echols — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Authored by Senator David
- **2019-02-05** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-02-19** Coauthored by Representative Echols (principal House author)
- **2019-02-25** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2019-03-12** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-03-13** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2019-03-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** CR; Do Pass Public Safety Committee `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** General Order
- **2019-04-24** Laid over
- **2019-04-24** Considered
- **2019-04-24** Coauthored by Representative(s) O'Donnell
- **2019-04-24** House Rule suspended
- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 75 Nays: 21 `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2019-04-25** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2019-04-25** HAs read
- **2019-05-06** HAs adopted
- **2019-05-06** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2019-05-06** Referred for enrollment
- **2019-05-07** Enrolled, to House
- **2019-05-07** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2019-05-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-13** Approved by Governor 05/13/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8122423-0690-4650-b0b3-752407736e63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).