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Relating to carrying or possessing a dangerous weapon when entering real property if a written notice forbidding such entry has been conspicuously posted, and providing penalties
Topics:Courts & civil lawFirearms
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 16, 2019
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- 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
This bill relates to carrying or possessing a dangerous weapon when entering real property if a written notice forbidding such entry has been conspicuously posted. Under the bill, a person carrying or possessing a dangerous weapon, whether concealed or not, shall not enter upon or be present in the real property of the owner, lessee, or person in lawful possession of the real property without the express permission of the owner, lessee, or person in lawful possession of the real property, if a printed or written notice forbidding such entry carrying or possessing a dangerous weapon has been conspicuously posted or exhibited at the main entrance to the property or the forbidden part of the property.
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The following persons do not violate the bill: a person who goes armed with a dangerous weapon in the person’s own dwelling or place of business, or on land owned, possessed, or rented by the person; a person who has been specifically authorized by the owner, lessee, or person in lawful possession of the real property to carry or possess a dangerous weapon on the real property; a peace officer, when the officer’s duties require the person to carry a dangerous weapon; a member of the armed forces when the weapons are carried in connection with the person’s duties; a correctional officer, when the officer’s duties require; or a law enforcement officer from another state when the officer’s duties require the officer to carry the weapon and the officer is in this state for official duties.7. A person who violates the bill commits a simple misdemeanor punishable by confinement for no more than 30 days or a fine of at least $65 but not more than $625 or by both.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 16, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
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