republic-os/legislation/us/states/ok/2020/hb-2597.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Firearms; adding exception to certain prohibited act; adding condition that allows for firearms to be lawfully carried; effective date.	Firearms; adding exception to certain prohibited act; adding condition that allows for firearms to be lawfully carried; effective date.	us/states/ok	Oklahoma Legislature	2020	HB 2597	Oklahoma HB 2597 (2020)	bill		enacted	David Echols	12	33	6	2019-02-04	2019-02-27	openstates	ocd-bill/bfed9266-aab0-4e41-b217-bc6c0ee1d0dd	http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2597&session=2000	9c27ccb580b49d9e9aa18973df9ff72972f1826848e9394d739b023d2495f310	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ok

Oklahoma HB 2597 (2020) — Firearms; adding exception to certain prohibited act; adding condition that allows for firearms to be lawfully carried; 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/2019-20 INT/hB/HB2597 INT.PDF)
2. 1 Floor Amendment by STONE (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2597 FA1 STONESH-GRS.PDF)
3. 2 Floor Amendment by ECHOLS (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2597 FA2 ECHOLSJO-GRS.PDF)
4. 3 Floor Amendment by ECHOLS (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2597 FA3 ECHOLSJO-GRS.PDF)
5. 4 Floor Amendment by BELL (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2597 FA4 BELLME-GRS.PDF)
6. Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/hB/HB2597 ENGR.PDF)
7. Enrolled (final version) (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/hB/HB2597 ENR.PDF)
8. Floor (House) (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/HB2597 HFLR.PDF)
9. Floor (Senate) (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/HB2597 SFLR.PDF)
10. HB2597 FULLAMD1 JON ECHOLS-GRS.PDF (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2597 FULLAMD1 JON ECHOLS-GRS.PDF)
11. HB2597 FULLAMD2 JON ECHOLS-GRS.PDF (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2597 FULLAMD2 JON ECHOLS-GRS.PDF)
12. House Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2597 CS.PDF)

Votes

• TABLE — 60–23 (pass) · lower
• THIRD READING — 40–6 (pass) · upper
• TABLE — 56–20 (pass) · lower
• TABLE AMENDMENT — 62–20 (pass) · lower
• SUSPEND HOUSE — 4–90 (fail) · lower
• THIRD READING — 70–30 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David — primary (person)
• Echols — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-04 First Reading introduction, reading-1
• 2019-02-04 Authored by Representative Echols, Mize, CrosswhiteHader, Townley, McDugle, Roberts (Sean), Olsen, Gann, West (Kevin), Steagall
• 2019-02-05 Second Reading referred to Public Safety referral-committee, reading-2
• 2019-02-11 CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety Committee committee-passage
• 2019-02-11 Coauthored by Representative(s) Moore, Humphrey, McBride, Hasenbeck, Patzkowsky, Cornwell, Hilbert
• 2019-02-11 Authored by Senator David (principal Senate author)
• 2019-02-11 Coauthored by Senator(s) Dahm
• 2019-02-13 General Order
• 2019-02-13 Coauthored by Representative(s) Davis, Tadlock, Russ, Frix, Lawson, Sims, McCall, O'Donnell, Taylor, Pfeiffer, Sneed
• 2019-02-13 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-02-13 Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 70 Nays: 30 passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-13 Referred for engrossment
• 2019-02-14 Engrossed, signed, to Senate passage
• 2019-02-14 First Reading introduction, reading-1
• 2019-02-18 Coauthored by Senator Murdock
• 2019-02-18 Coauthored by Representative West (Josh)
• 2019-02-18 Second Reading referred to Appropriations referral-committee, reading-2
• 2019-02-20 Coauthored by Senator Hall
• 2019-02-20 Remove as coauthor Senator Hall
• 2019-02-20 Coauthored by Senator Scott
• 2019-02-20 Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed committee-passage
• 2019-02-25 Coauthored by Senator Newhouse
• 2019-02-26 Coauthored by Senator Allen
• 2019-02-27 Coauthored by Senator Treat
• 2019-02-27 General Order, Considered
• 2019-02-27 Coauthored by Senator Silk
• 2019-02-27 Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 6 passage
• 2019-02-27 Engrossed measure signed, returned to House passage
• 2019-02-27 Referred for enrollment
• 2019-02-27 Enrolled, signed, to Senate
• 2019-02-27 Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
• 2019-02-27 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-02-27 Approved by Governor 02/27/2019 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bfed9266-aab0-4e41-b217-bc6c0ee1d0dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).