No. HB 6017
Filed under Criminal Justice.
Preemption of Firearms and Ammunition; Repeals provisions preempting the field of regulation of firearms & ammunition to Legislature, to exclusion of local jurisdictions.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe bill repeals the statute that gave the state exclusive authority to regulate firearms, removing the legal barrier to local gun laws.
Cities and counties can now enact their own ordinances restricting where people may carry or store firearms within their jurisdictions.
The change also removes a reference to the repealed statute in the law protecting the right to carry firearms in vehicles.
Local governments gain the power to create rules that previously could only be established by the state legislature.
AIRemoves the statutory bar that prevented local governments from regulating firearms and ammunition, allowing cities and counties to enact their own local firearm laws.
AIDeletes a reference to the repealed preemption statute from the section protecting the right to keep and bear arms in motor vehicles, clarifying that the immunity applies to all public sector employers without relying on the now-repealed law.