No. SB 256
Filed under Criminal Justice.
Storage of Handguns in Private Conveyances and Vessels; Providing requirements for storage of handguns in private conveyances and vessels; requiring law enforcement agencies to engage in a specified promotional campaign; requiring certain firearms education, safety, and training courses to include instruction on the requirements for storage of handguns in private conveyances and vessels; revising required warnings for transfer or sale of firearms, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe bill prohibits storing a handgun in an unoccupied, unsecured private conveyance or vessel unless it is hidden from view and locked in a trunk, glove box, or other container.
Law enforcement agencies must run public education campaigns about these new storage rules, and firearms safety courses must include instruction on them.
Retail firearm sellers must add the new storage prohibition to the written warnings they hand to buyers and post at purchase counters.
The new rules take effect on October 1, 2026, and apply to all handguns, whether loaded or unloaded.
AICreates a new legal duty requiring specific security measures for handguns left in unoccupied private conveyances or vessels.
AIRequires every law enforcement agency to conduct a promotional campaign to educate the public about the new storage rules.
AIRequires specific firearms education and safety courses to include instruction on the new handgun storage requirements.
AIAdds the new storage prohibition to the written warnings required for retail sales and the posted warnings required at firearm purchase counters.