Bill Text: FL S0580 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Concealed Weapons and Firearms
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-05-02 - Died in Criminal Justice [S0580 Detail]
Download: Florida-2014-S0580-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2014 SB 580
By Senator Margolis
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to concealed weapons and firearms;
3 amending s. 790.06, F.S.; prohibiting a person from
4 openly carrying a handgun or carrying a concealed
5 weapon or firearm into a hospital, mental health
6 facility, or nursing home unless such person is a
7 security guard employed by the hospital, mental health
8 facility, or hospital or a law enforcement officer;
9 providing a criminal penalty; providing an effective
10 date.
11
12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
13
14 Section 1. Subsection (12) of section 790.06, Florida
15 Statutes, is amended to read:
16 790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.—
17 (12)(a) A license issued under this section does not
18 authorize a any person to openly carry a handgun or carry a
19 concealed weapon or firearm into:
20 1. A Any place of nuisance as defined in s. 823.05;
21 2. A Any police, sheriff, or highway patrol station;
22 3. A Any detention facility, prison, or jail;
23 4. A Any courthouse;
24 5. A Any courtroom, except that nothing in this section
25 would preclude a judge may carry from carrying a concealed
26 weapon or determine determining who may will carry a concealed
27 weapon in his or her courtroom;
28 6. A Any polling place;
29 7. A Any meeting of the governing body of a county, public
30 school district, municipality, or special district;
31 8. A Any meeting of the Legislature or a legislative
32 committee thereof;
33 9. A Any school, college, or professional athletic event
34 not related to firearms;
35 10. An Any elementary or secondary school facility or
36 administration building;
37 11. A Any career center;
38 12. A Any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense
39 alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, which
40 portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to that such
41 purpose;
42 13. A Any college or university facility unless the
43 licensee is a registered student, employee, or faculty member of
44 such college or university and the weapon is a stun gun or
45 nonlethal electric weapon or device designed solely for
46 defensive purposes and the weapon does not fire a dart or
47 projectile;
48 14. The inside of the passenger terminal and sterile area
49 of an any airport; however, a provided that no person may not
50 shall be prohibited from carrying a any legal firearm into the
51 terminal if the, which firearm is encased for shipment for
52 purposes of checking such firearm as baggage to be lawfully
53 transported on an any aircraft; or
54 15. A hospital, mental health facility, or nursing home
55 unless the person is a security guard employed by the hospital,
56 mental health facility, or nursing home or a law enforcement
57 officer; or
58 16.15. Any place where the carrying of firearms is
59 prohibited by federal law.
60 (b) A person licensed under this section may shall not be
61 prohibited from carrying or storing a firearm in a vehicle for
62 lawful purposes.
63 (c) This section does not modify the terms or conditions of
64 s. 790.251(7).
65 (d) A Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any
66 provision of this subsection commits a misdemeanor of the second
67 degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
68 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.
