Bill Text: FL S1048 | 2018 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Firearms
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-10 - Died on Calendar [S1048 Detail]
Download: Florida-2018-S1048-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2018 CS for SB 1048 By the Committee on Judiciary; and Senators Baxley and Stargel 590-02440-18 20181048c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to firearms; amending s. 790.06, F.S.; 3 authorizing a church, a synagogue, or other religious 4 institution to allow a concealed weapons or concealed 5 firearms licensee to carry a concealed handgun in 6 certain established physical places of worship under 7 certain circumstances; providing applicability; 8 providing an effective date. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 12 Section 1. Subsection (12) of section 790.06, Florida 13 Statutes, is amended to read: 14 790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.— 15 (12)(a) A license issued under this section does not 16 authorize any person to openly carry a handgun or carry a 17 concealed weapon or firearm into: 18 1. Any place of nuisance as defined in s. 823.05; 19 2. Any police, sheriff, or highway patrol station; 20 3. Any detention facility, prison, or jail; 21 4. Any courthouse; 22 5. Any courtroom, except that nothing in this section would 23 preclude a judge from carrying a concealed weapon or determining 24 who will carry a concealed weapon in his or her courtroom; 25 6. Any polling place; 26 7. Any meeting of the governing body of a county, public 27 school district, municipality, or special district; 28 8. Any meeting of the Legislature or a committee thereof; 29 9. Any school, college, or professional athletic event not 30 related to firearms; 31 10. Any elementary or secondary school facility or 32 administration building; 33 11. Any career center; 34 12. Any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense 35 alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, which 36 portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to such 37 purpose; 38 13. Any college or university facility unless the licensee 39 is a registered student, employee, or faculty member of such 40 college or university and the weapon is a stun gun or nonlethal 41 electric weapon or device designed solely for defensive purposes 42 and the weapon does not fire a dart or projectile; 43 14. The inside of the passenger terminal and sterile area 44 of any airport, provided that no person shall be prohibited from 45 carrying any legal firearm into the terminal, which firearm is 46 encased for shipment for purposes of checking such firearm as 47 baggage to be lawfully transported on any aircraft; or 48 15. Any place where the carrying of firearms is prohibited 49 by federal law. 50 (b) A person licensed under this section mayshallnot be 51 prohibited from carrying or storing a firearm in a vehicle for 52 lawful purposes. 53 (c)1. Notwithstanding the prohibitions contained in this 54 subsection or s. 790.115, a church, a synagogue, or any other 55 religious institution, as that term is defined in s. 496.404, 56 may authorize a person licensed under this section to carry a 57 concealed handgun in an established physical place of worship at 58 which religious services are regularly conducted provided that: 59 a. If such property is not owned by the religious 60 institution, the religious institution receives the permission 61 of the property owner or administrator; and 62 b. If the religious institution is using property that is 63 an elementary or secondary school facility or career center or 64 that is located on the property of a school, as defined in s. 65 790.115, the person may not carry a concealed handgun on school 66 property during school hours or during any time when curricular 67 or extracurricular school-sponsored activities are taking place 68 on the property. 69 2. This paragraph does not authorize the carrying of a 70 firearm in any place or in any manner prohibited by federal law 71 or on the property of a public or private college, university, 72 or other postsecondary educational institution. 73 (d)(c)This section does not modify the terms or conditions 74 of s. 790.251(7). 75 (e)(d)Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any 76 provision of this subsection commits a misdemeanor of the second 77 degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 78 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.