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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
HOUSE BILL 3659 By: Dempsey
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to game and fish; amending 29 O.S.
2021, Section 4-130, as amended by Section 7, Chapter
6, O.S.L. 2024 (29 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 4-130),
which relates to waterfowl hunting; prohibiting
nonresidents from hunting waterfowl on public lands
on certain days; increasing fine; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 29 O.S. 2021, Section 4-130, as
amended by Section 7, Chapter 6, O.S.L. 2024 (29 O.S. Supp. 2025,
Section 4-130), is amended to read as follows:
Section 4-130. A. Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma
Wildlife Conservation Code, no person may hunt or take any waterfowl
during the open season on waterfowl unless the person has first
obtained an Oklahoma waterfowl hunting stamp or license from the
Director or authorized agents of the Director. Each person shall
have the stamp or license in their possession when hunting or taking
any waterfowl.
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B. Persons excepted from the Oklahoma waterfowl hunting stamp
or license requirement of this section are:
1. Legal residents of Oklahoma under eighteen (18) years of
age; and
2. Legal residents of Oklahoma sixty-five (65) years of age or
older.
C. The Oklahoma waterfowl hunting stamp fee and waterfowl
license shall be for:
1. Residents eighteen (18) years of age or older – Twenty
Dollars ($20.00); and
2. Nonresidents eighteen (18) years of age or older – Thirty
Dollars ($30.00).
D. 1. The collection and remittance procedures applicable to
hunting license fees under this title shall apply to waterfowl stamp
or license fees.
2. The waterfowl stamp or license issued pursuant to this
section shall expire on June 30 of each year.
E. The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission may prescribe,
by regulation, the form, design and manner of issuance, if any, of
the waterfowl stamp, which could include the selection of art for
such stamp from an art contest regulated by the Commission.
F. 1. Any person arrested for hunting or taking any waterfowl
during the open season on waterfowl without a valid Oklahoma
waterfowl hunting stamp or license as required by the provisions of
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subsection A of this section may purchase a substitute temporary
thirty-day stamp or license from the arresting game warden in lieu
of posting bond. Proof of hunter safety certification shall not be
required for the temporary substitute stamp or license. The fee for
a substitute stamp or license purchased pursuant to the provisions
of this subsection shall be:
a. for legal residents – One Hundred Dollars ($100.00),
and
b. for nonresidents – One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars
($175.00).
2. The fees from the temporary stamp and license purchased
pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be deposited in
the Wildlife Conservation Fund, to be used exclusively in this
state, for the purpose of developing, managing, preserving,
restoring and maintaining wetland habitats and for the conservation
and management of waterfowl and ecologically related species.
G. Nonresidents are limited to hunting waterfowl on all public
land located south of Interstate 40 and east of Interstate 35 on
Monday through Thursday and are prohibited from hunting waterfowl on
public land Friday through Sunday during the second half of the
waterfowl season or the last thirty (30) days of the season if there
is no split in the season.
H. Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of
this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-
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five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
H. I. Nothing in this title shall prohibit a person from
hunting waterfowl exclusively on their own property without an
Oklahoma waterfowl hunting stamp or license.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
60-2-15452 JL 01/08/26