---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms; removing certain unlawful transport; modifying fines; deleting licensed authorization of legal transport. Effective date."
description: "Firearms; removing certain unlawful transport; modifying fines; deleting licensed authorization of legal transport. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 978"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 978 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Green", "Wallace"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26224e81-010a-4326-acfa-360409c963ca"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB978&session=2300"
source_hash: "6ab1af5ef60c5ecdd35892526cc128f10280f14044a6e66b9434b6ba20d6bc04"
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 978 (2023) — Firearms; removing certain unlawful transport; modifying fines; deleting licensed authorization of legal transport. 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/2023-24 INT/SB/SB978 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB978 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB978 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB978 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB978 SFLR.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Green — primary (person)
- Wallace — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Senator Green
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Coauthored by Representative Wallace (principal House author)
- **2023-02-16** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-21** General Order, Considered
- **2023-03-21** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2023-03-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-22** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-22** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Criminal Justice and Corrections `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** CR; Do Pass Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17** General Order
- **2023-04-17** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 16 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-17** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-17** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-18** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-04-18** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-19** Approved by Governor 04/19/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26224e81-010a-4326-acfa-360409c963ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).