Florida Senate - 2019 SB 752
By Senator Berman
31-00353-19 2019752__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to concealed weapons and firearms;
3 amending s. 790.06, F.S.; prohibiting a concealed
4 weapon or firearm licensee from openly carrying a
5 handgun or carrying a concealed weapon or firearm into
6 any child care facility; providing an effective date.
7
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (12) of section
11 790.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
12 790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.—
13 (12)(a) A license issued under this section does not
14 authorize any person to openly carry a handgun or carry a
15 concealed weapon or firearm into:
16 1. Any place of nuisance as defined in s. 823.05;
17 2. Any police, sheriff, or highway patrol station;
18 3. Any detention facility, prison, or jail;
19 4. Any courthouse;
20 5. Any courtroom, except that nothing in this section would
21 preclude a judge from carrying a concealed weapon or determining
22 who will carry a concealed weapon in his or her courtroom;
23 6. Any polling place;
24 7. Any meeting of the governing body of a county, public
25 school district, municipality, or special district;
26 8. Any meeting of the Legislature or a committee thereof;
27 9. Any school, college, or professional athletic event not
28 related to firearms;
29 10. Any child care facility as defined in s. 402.302;
30 11.10. Any elementary or secondary school facility or
31 administration building;
32 12.11. Any career center;
33 13.12. 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 14.13. Any college or university facility unless the
38 licensee is a registered student, employee, or faculty member of
39 such college or university and the weapon is a stun gun or
40 nonlethal electric weapon or device designed solely for
41 defensive purposes and the weapon does not fire a dart or
42 projectile;
43 15.14. The inside of the passenger terminal and sterile
44 area of any airport, provided that no person shall be prohibited
45 from carrying any legal firearm into the terminal, which firearm
46 is encased for shipment for purposes of checking such firearm as
47 baggage to be lawfully transported on any aircraft; 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, 2019.