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Prohibiting the carrying, transportation, or possession of firearms in the capitol building and on capitol grounds, and making penalties applicable
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2021
- 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 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Currently, people with a permit can carry pistols or revolvers in the capitol buildings and on the surrounding grounds. This change would ban everyone except peace officers from carrying any kind of firearm, whether it is hidden or not, in those areas. People who break this rule could face a fine or jail time.1
Read the official explanation
322(3) provides that the director of administrative services shall establish, publish, and enforce rules regulating and restricting the use by the public of the capitol buildings and capitol grounds, and shall prohibit a person, other than a peace officer, from openly carrying a pistol or revolver in the capitol building and on the grounds surrounding the capitol building including state parking lots and parking garages. However, the director shall not prohibit the lawful carrying, transportation, or possession of any pistol or revolver in the capitol building and on capitol grounds by a person who possess a valid permit to carry weapons. 322(3) to provide that the director shall establish rules prohibiting a person, other than a peace officer, from carrying, transporting, or possessing a firearm of any kind, whether concealed or not, in the capitol building and on capitol grounds.322(3) is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than days or a fine of at least $105 but not more than $855 or by both.
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- HF 17 Prohibiting the carrying, transportation, or possession of firearms in the capitol buildin…88th General Assembly · In committee · nearly identicalCleared committee
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