---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms; authorizing the lawful carry of firearms by certain persons; effective date."
description: "Firearms; authorizing the lawful carry of firearms by certain persons; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1789"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1789 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Banning", "Dahm"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fbbd6d8-1107-453e-a284-7e07452451f7"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1789&session=2400"
source_hash: "879e1593e79099e95e7adbf83c4588aa73a28ca60e055bb1b97d49a1e9e145e6"
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 1789 (2024) — Firearms; authorizing the lawful carry of firearms by certain persons; 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/hB/HB1789 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by BANNING** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB1789 FA1 BANNINGCH-GRS.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1789 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1789 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1789 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1789 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–8** (pass) · upper
- Public Safety — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Public Safety Committee: Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **76–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Banning — primary (person)
- Dahm — 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 Representative Williams
- **2023-02-06** Remove Representative Williams as principal House author and substitute with Representative Banning
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** CR; Do Pass Public Safety Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28** Coauthored by Representative(s) Williams
- **2023-02-28** Authored by Senator Dahm (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-23** General Order
- **2023-03-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-23** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 76 Nays: 18 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-27** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-27** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** General Order, Considered
- **2023-04-26** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 8 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Coauthored by Senator Bullard
- **2023-04-26** Coauthored by Senator Stephens
- **2023-04-26** Coauthored by Senator Jett
- **2023-04-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-27** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-04-27** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-02** Approved by Governor 05/02/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fbbd6d8-1107-453e-a284-7e07452451f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).