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2006 SESSION
HB 162 Firearms in locked vehicles; immunity from liability, civil penalty.
Introduced by: L. Scott Lingamfelter | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Firearms in locked vehicles; immunity from liability; civil penalty. Prohibits a person, property owner, tenant, employer, or business entity from establishing, maintaining, or enforcing any policy or rule that would prohibit a person from storing a lawfully possessed firearm in a locked vehicle. No person, property owner, tenant, employer, or business entity would be liable for any occurrence connected with use of a firearm that had been stored in a locked vehicle pursuant to the section. The bill also allows a person to file for injunction to enforce the provisions of the section, and provides for actual damages and attorney fees for a prevailing plaintiff. The bill contains exemptions for school property, parking areas that are gated or otherwise limit public access, and vehicles owned by an employer or business entity.
FULL TEXT
- 12/29/05 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 063889380 pdf
- 02/03/06 House: Committee substitute printed 063950380-H1 pdf
- 03/06/06 Senate: Committee substitute printed 064667820-S1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/29/05 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 063889380
- 12/29/05 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 02/03/06 House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
- 02/03/06 House: Committee substitute printed 063950380-H1
- 02/06/06 House: Read first time
- 02/07/06 House: Read second time
- 02/07/06 House: Committee substitute agreed to 063950380-H1
- 02/07/06 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB162H1
- 02/08/06 House: Read third time and passed House (74-Y 22-N)
- 02/08/06 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (74-Y 22-N)
- 02/08/06 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/09/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/06 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/27/06 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: #2
- 03/06/06 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
- 03/06/06 Senate: Committee substitute printed 064667820-S1
- 03/07/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/06 Senate: Read third time
- 03/07/06 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/08/06 Senate: Read third time
- 03/08/06 Senate: Amendments proposed by Senators Blevins, Devolites Davis, Obenshain and Saslaw
- 03/08/06 Senate: Motion to recommit to committee agreed to
- 03/08/06 Senate: Recommitted to Courts of Justice
- 03/11/06 Senate: Left in Courts of Justice