---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms; business owner's rights; clarifying civil liability provision. Effective date."
description: "Firearms; business owner's rights; clarifying civil liability provision. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 288"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 288 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coody", "Dossett"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42f6e320-4a7b-4951-b3d1-d1eb1ad0362b"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB288&session=1800"
source_hash: "d12fd4705d6daa390ff2d99e20e15374565b6f649d7ca42ad48299c322c4eace"
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 288 (2017-2018) — Firearms; business owner's rights; clarifying civil liability provision. 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/SB/SB288 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB288 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB288 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB288 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB288 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/SB288 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB288 HCS.PDF)
8. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB288 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **78–11** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- FOURTH READING — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coody — primary (person)
- Dossett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Authored by Senator Dossett
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Coauthored by Representative Coody (principal House author)
- **2017-02-27** coauthored by Gann
- **2017-03-01** Coauthored by Senator Brecheen
- **2017-03-06** coauthored by Roberts (Sean)
- **2017-03-13** Coauthored by Senator Dahm
- **2017-03-14** coauthored by West (Josh)
- **2017-03-22** General Order, Considered
- **2017-03-22** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-22** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-23** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-03-23** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Civil and Environmental `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary - Civil and Environmental Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-04** Coauthored by Senator(s) Bergstrom
- **2017-04-17** General Order
- **2017-04-17** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 11 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-17** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-04-18** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-04-18** HAs read
- **2017-05-20** Coauthored by Senator Pittman
- **2017-05-20** HAs adopted
- **2017-05-20** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-20** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-22** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-31** Approved by Governor 05/31/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42f6e320-4a7b-4951-b3d1-d1eb1ad0362b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).