Bill Text: FL S0428 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibited Places for Weapons and Firearms
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-03-14 - Died in Infrastructure and Security [S0428 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S0428-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2020 SB 428 By Senator Braynon 35-00516-20 2020428__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to prohibited places for weapons and 3 firearms; amending s. 790.06, F.S.; revising the 4 locations where a concealed weapons or concealed 5 firearms licensee is prohibited from openly carrying a 6 handgun or carrying a concealed weapon or firearm; 7 providing an effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (12) of section 12 790.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 13 790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.— 14 (12)(a) A license issued under this section does not 15 authorize any person to openly carry a handgun or carry a 16 concealed weapon or firearm into: 17 1. Any place of nuisance as defined in s. 823.05; 18 2. Any police, sheriff, or highway patrol station; 19 3. Any detention facility, prison, or jail; 20 4. Any courthouse; 21 5. Any courtroom, except that nothing in this section would 22 preclude a judge from carrying a concealed weapon or determining 23 who will carry a concealed weapon in his or her courtroom; 24 6. Any polling place; 25 7. Any meeting of the governing body of a county, public 26 school district, municipality, or special district; 27 8. Any meeting of the Legislature or a committee thereof; 28 9. Any school, college, or professional athletic event not 29 related to firearms; 30 10. Any elementary or secondary school facility or 31 administration building; 32 11. Any career center; 33 12. Any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense 34 alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, which 35 portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to such 36 purpose; 37 13. Any college or university facility unless the licensee 38 is a registered student, employee, or faculty member of such 39 college or university and the weapon is a stun gun or nonlethal 40 electric weapon or device designed solely for defensive purposes 41 and the weapon does not fire a dart or projectile; 42 14. The inside of the passenger terminal and sterile area 43 of any airport, provided that no person shall be prohibited from 44 carrying any legal firearm into the terminal, which firearm is 45 encased for shipment for purposes of checking such firearm as 46 baggage to be lawfully transported on any aircraft;or47 15. Any performing arts center or legitimate theater; or 48 16.15.Any place where the carrying of firearms is 49 prohibited by federal law. 50 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.