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2010 SESSION
HB 171 Firearms in locked vehicles; immunity from liability.
Introduced by: Brenda L. Pogge | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Firearms in locked vehicles; immunity from liability. Provides that no person, property owner, tenant, employer, or business owner may prohibit a person who lawfully possesses a firearm from storing that firearm in a locked motor vehicle. The bill provides civil immunity for such persons, property owners, tenants, employers, or business owners. The provisions of the bill would not apply to possession of firearms on property on which a person is prohibited from possessing a firearm; (ii) vehicles on property (a) to which access is restricted or limited through the use of a gate; or (b) upon which a building occupied by a single employer and its affiliated entities is located and in which access to the building is restricted or limited by card access; (iii) vehicles owned or leased by an employer or business entity and used by an employee in the course of his employment; (iv) personal vehicles while such vehicles are being used for the transport of consumers of programs licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; or (v) vehicles on property controlled by an employer required to develop and implement a security plan under federal law or regulation.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102079D pdf
- 02/12/10 House: Committee substitute printed 10105360D-H1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/06/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102079D
- 01/06/10 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 01/27/10 House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1
- 02/04/10 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 1-N)
- 02/12/10 House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (18-Y 3-N)
- 02/12/10 House: Committee substitute printed 10105360D-H1
- 02/14/10 House: Read first time
- 02/15/10 House: Read second time
- 02/15/10 House: Committee substitute agreed to 10105360D-H1
- 02/15/10 House: Amendment by Delegate Armstrong rejected (41-Y 55-N)
- 02/15/10 House: VOTE: --- REJECTED (41-Y 55-N)
- 02/15/10 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB171H1
- 02/16/10 House: Read third time and passed House (72-Y 27-N)
- 02/16/10 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (72-Y 27-N)
- 02/17/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/17/10 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 03/01/10 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special
- 03/08/10 Senate: Left in Courts of Justice