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