No. SB 406
Filed under Criminal Justice.
Carrying Weapons and Firearms; Prohibiting a person from carrying a weapon or firearm into certain locations; providing criminal penalties, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe bill creates a new law banning the carrying of weapons or firearms into 15 specific locations. This includes courthouses, polling places, schools, and government meeting rooms. The prohibition applies to all persons, regardless of whether they hold a concealed carry license.
The new law makes it a second-degree misdemeanor to knowingly and willfully carry a weapon into these prohibited areas. This creates a criminal penalty for violations, replacing the previous administrative fine structure for unlicensed carriers in these specific contexts.
The bill removes the existing statutory language that applied these location restrictions specifically to licensed concealed carry permit holders. By moving the restrictions to a new, broader section, the law now explicitly covers all individuals entering these spaces.
The bill also simplifies the penalty for unlicensed concealed carry. It removes the cross-reference to the licensed carry statute and establishes a $25 fine for failing to display identification upon demand by law enforcement.
AICreates a new criminal offense for carrying a weapon or firearm into 15 specific types of public and private locations, including schools, courthouses, and polling places.
AIEstablishes that knowingly and willfully carrying a weapon into any of the newly prohibited locations is a second-degree misdemeanor.
AIDeletes the existing statutory language that explicitly prohibited licensed concealed carry permit holders from carrying weapons into the 15 locations listed in the new section.
AIChanges the penalty for carrying a concealed weapon without a license from a criminal offense to a noncriminal violation punishable by a $25 fine.