---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms; unlawful carry of firearms; providing exception for county employees; effective date."
description: "Firearms; unlawful carry of firearms; providing exception for county employees; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2527"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2527 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland", "Dahm"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ff78894-e107-4c00-802c-3e2f45069ed4"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2527&session=1800"
source_hash: "d4d7d67794ce7650abc70081f09bbf93d7dd22fe85bf58c7d38e7cb2a5243b68"
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 HB 2527 (2017-2018) — Firearms; unlawful carry of firearms; providing exception for county employees; 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/hB/HB2527 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB2527 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB2527 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB2527 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB2527 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB2527 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2527 CS.PDF)
8. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB2527 SCSH.PDF)

## Votes

- FOURTH READING — **79–12** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **72–13** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **34–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — primary (person)
- Dahm — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Authored by Representative Cleveland
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-15** Authored by Senator Standridge (principal Senate author)
- **2018-03-13** General Order
- **2018-03-13** Remove Senator Standridge as principal Senate author and substitute with Senator Dahm
- **2018-03-13** Coauthored by Senator(s) Standridge, Bergstrom
- **2018-03-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 72 Nays: 13 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-14** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2018-03-14** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-22** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-24** General Order, Considered
- **2018-04-24** Measure passed: Ayes: 34 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-04-25** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2018-04-25** SA's received
- **2018-05-01** SA's read, adopted
- **2018-05-01** Coauthored by Representative(s) Faught
- **2018-05-01** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 12 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-05-02** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2018-05-02** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2018-05-02** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Approved by Governor 05/08/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ff78894-e107-4c00-802c-3e2f45069ed4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).