republic-os/legislation/us/states/ok/2026/hb-2818.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms; clarifying scope of and exception to certain unlawful act; emergency."
description: "Firearms; clarifying scope of and exception to certain unlawful act; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2818"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2818 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steagall", "Weaver"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 69
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b7f3268-4bd0-4b84-b5da-9a1b260d5267"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2818&session=2600"
source_hash: "5b651f9514673c9cabf43bf8a71239c425f90cb688bf76b9c42ea3c3f2d93daf"
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 2818 (2026) — Firearms; clarifying scope of and exception to certain unlawful act; emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/hB/HB2818 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2818 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2818 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2818 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB2818 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **73–16** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- Public Safety — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Criminal Judiciary Committee: Do Pass — **4–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steagall — primary (person)
- Weaver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Representative Steagall
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Criminal Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27** CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27** Coauthored by Representative(s) Adams
- **2025-02-27** Authored by Senator Weaver (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-25** General Order
- **2025-03-25** Coauthored by Representative(s) Kendrix
- **2025-03-25** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 73 Nays: 16 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-26** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-26** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-26** Coauthored by Representative Woolley
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Public Safety `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Coauthored by Senator Hines
- **2025-04-08** Coauthored by Senator Wingard
- **2025-04-08** Coauthored by Representative CrosswhiteHader
- **2025-04-08** Coauthored by Representative Jenkins
- **2025-04-08** Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Coauthored by Senator Guthrie
- **2025-04-08** Coauthored by Representative Grego
- **2025-04-08** Coauthored by Representative Hardin
- **2025-04-08** Coauthored by Representative Marti
- **2025-04-08** Coauthored by Representative Turner
- **2025-04-08** Coauthored by Senator Bergstrom
- **2025-04-08** Coauthored by Senator Alvord
- **2025-04-08** Coauthored by Senator Burns
- **2025-04-08** Coauthored by Senator Prieto
- **2025-04-08** Coauthored by Representative Bashore
- **2025-04-08** Coauthored by Representative Pfeiffer
- **2025-04-08** Coauthored by Representative West (Kevin)
- **2025-04-08** Coauthored by Senator Sacchieri
- **2025-04-09** Coauthored by Representative Shaw
- **2025-04-09** Coauthored by Senator Hamilton
- **2025-04-09** Coauthored by Representative Williams
- **2025-04-09** Coauthored by Senator Standridge
- **2025-04-09** Coauthored by Senator Bullard
- **2025-04-09** Coauthored by Senator Reinhardt
- **2025-04-09** Coauthored by Representative Banning
- **2025-04-10** Coauthored by Senator Grellner
- **2025-04-10** Coauthored by Senator Deevers
- **2025-04-10** Placed on General Order
- **2025-04-10** Coauthored by Senator Seifried
- **2025-04-10** Coauthored by Representative Olsen
- **2025-04-14** Coauthored by Representative Hays
- **2025-04-14** Coauthored by Senator Gillespie
- **2025-04-14** Coauthored by Senator Jett
- **2025-04-14** Coauthored by Senator Frix
- **2025-04-15** Coauthored by Representative Hilbert
- **2025-04-15** Coauthored by Representative Roberts
- **2025-04-15** Coauthored by Representative Wolfley
- **2025-04-15** Coauthored by Senator McIntosh
- **2025-04-15** Coauthored by Senator Murdock
- **2025-04-15** Coauthored by Representative Hildebrant
- **2025-04-17** Coauthored by Senator Stanley
- **2025-04-21** Coauthored by Representative Kane
- **2025-04-21** Coauthored by Senator Stewart
- **2025-05-06** Coauthored by Senator Woods
- **2025-05-08** Coauthored by Senator Pederson
- **2025-05-08** General Order, Considered
- **2025-05-08** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-12** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-12** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-05-12** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-15** Approved by Governor 05/14/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b7f3268-4bd0-4b84-b5da-9a1b260d5267`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).