---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearm training; clarifying language; directing certain approval; removing certain time inclusion; removing certain exemption requirement. Effective date."
description: "Firearm training; clarifying language; directing certain approval; removing certain time inclusion; removing certain exemption requirement. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 721"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 721 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvord", "Gann"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18838bc8-7936-49cd-a1a8-6a59a585ad70"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB721&session=2400"
source_hash: "d3ca8453046d2a303902f6b7f6362e4e79e6ef0383509c907656d9f82457babf"
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 721 (2024) — Firearm training; clarifying language; directing certain approval; removing certain time inclusion; removing certain exemption requirement. 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/SB721 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB721 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB721 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB721 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB721 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **65–16** (pass) · lower
- Public Safety Committee: Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Committee On Public Safety — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **42–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alvord — primary (person)
- Gann — 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 Alvord
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Coauthored by Representative Gann (principal House author)
- **2023-02-23** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02** General Order, Considered
- **2023-03-02** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-06** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** CR; Do Pass Public Safety Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-23** General Order
- **2024-04-23** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 65 Nays: 16 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-23** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-23** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-24** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-04-24** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-26** Approved by Governor 04/26/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18838bc8-7936-49cd-a1a8-6a59a585ad70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).