Bill Text: FL S1304 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Concealed Weapons and Firearms
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [S1304 Detail]
Download: Florida-2011-S1304-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2011 SB 1304 By Senator Sachs 30-01599-11 20111304__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to concealed weapons and firearms; 3 amending s. 790.06, F.S.; increasing the penalty 4 imposed for carrying a concealed weapon or firearm 5 into certain prohibited places; reenacting s. 6 790.115(2)(e), F.S., relating to the possession of 7 weapons or firearms on school property, to incorporate 8 the amendment to s. 790.06, F.S., in a reference 9 thereto; providing an effective date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13 Section 1. Subsection (12) of section 790.06, Florida 14 Statutes, is amended to read: 15 790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.— 16 (12) No license issued pursuant to this section shall 17 authorize any person to carry a concealed weapon or firearm into 18 any place of nuisance as defined in s. 823.05; any police, 19 sheriff, or highway patrol station; any detention facility, 20 prison, or jail; any courthouse; any courtroom, except that 21 nothing in this section would preclude a judge from carrying a 22 concealed weapon or determining who will carry a concealed 23 weapon in his or her courtroom; any polling place; any meeting 24 of the governing body of a county, public school district, 25 municipality, or special district; any meeting of the 26 Legislature or a committee thereof; any school, college, or 27 professional athletic event not related to firearms; any school 28 administration building; any portion of an establishment 29 licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption on the 30 premises, which portion of the establishment is primarily 31 devoted to such purpose; any elementary or secondary school 32 facility; any career center; any college or university facility 33 unless the licensee is a registered student, employee, or 34 faculty member of such college or university and the weapon is a 35 stun gun or nonlethal electric weapon or device designed solely 36 for defensive purposes and the weapon does not fire a dart or 37 projectile; inside the passenger terminal and sterile area of 38 any airport, provided that no person shall be prohibited from 39 carrying any legal firearm into the terminal, which firearm is 40 encased for shipment for purposes of checking such firearm as 41 baggage to be lawfully transported on any aircraft; or any place 42 where the carrying of firearms is prohibited by federal law. Any 43 person who willfully violates any provision of this subsection 44 commits a felony of the third degreemisdemeanor of the second45degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 46 Section 2. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 47 made by this act to section 790.06, Florida Statutes, in a 48 reference thereto, paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section 49 790.115, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 50 790.115 Possessing or discharging weapons or firearms at a 51 school-sponsored event or on school property prohibited; 52 penalties; exceptions.— 53 (2) 54 (e) The penalties of this subsection shall not apply to 55 persons licensed under s. 790.06. Persons licensed under s. 56 790.06 shall be punished as provided in s. 790.06(12), except 57 that a licenseholder who unlawfully discharges a weapon or 58 firearm on school property as prohibited by this subsection 59 commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in 60 s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 61 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2011.