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Relating to the carrying, transportation, or possession of a firearm in a building that is a place of religious worship located on nonpublic school property
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2019
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
4B(1) prohibits the carrying, transportation, or possession of a firearm of any kind, whether concealed or not, on the grounds of a public or nonpublic school.4B commits a class “D” felony. A class “D” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than five years and a fine of at least $750 but not more than $7,500.4(4); a person who has been specifically authorized by the school to go armed with, carry, or transport a firearm on the school grounds; and a licensee under Code chapter 80A (private investigative agencies and security agents) or an employee of such a licensee, while the licensee or employee is engaged in the performance of duties, and if the licensee or employee possesses a valid professional or nonprofessional permit to carry weapons.
Read the full explanation
4B(2) by adding another exception to allow for a person to carry, transport, or possess a firearm while attending a worship service or religious ceremony in a building that is a place of religious worship located on nonpublic school property if that person has a valid professional or nonprofessional permit to carry weapons. The bill defines “building that is a place of religious worship” to include a church, chapel, meetinghouse, synagogue, temple, longhouse, mosque, or other building that is regularly used, and clearly identifiable, as a place of religious worship.