Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to carrying and possessing weapons without a permit, and providing penalties
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 27, 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
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill relates to carrying and possessing weapons without a permit.4 relating to the crime of carrying dangerous weapons, an aggravated misdemeanor, without a valid permit or in other enumerated circumstances. Instead, the bill section creates a new crime of going armed with a knife in the commission of a crime, an aggravated misdemeanor.4 and the commission of the delinquent act is on school grounds.
Read the full explanation
4, paragraphs “b” through “f” or “j”.5 relating to a person’s duty to carry a valid permit to carry certain weapons for which a permit has been issued to the person and replaces that Code section with a provision stating that the availability of a professional or nonprofessional permit to carry weapons shall not be construed to impose a general prohibition on the unlicensed carrying of a deadly weapon including a loaded firearm. An aggravated misdemeanor, as referenced in the bill, is punishable by confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least $855 but not more than $8,540.