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2024 SESSION
HB 175 Assault firearms; carrying in public areas prohibited, penalty.
Introduced by: Marcus B. Simon | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Carrying assault firearms in public areas prohibited; penalty. Prohibits the carrying of certain semi-automatic center-fire rifles and shotguns on any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, or public right-of-way or in any public park or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public, with certain exceptions. Under current law, the current prohibition on carrying certain shotguns and semi-automatic center-fire rifles and pistols applies to a narrower range of firearms, only in certain localities, and only when such firearms are loaded. This bill is identical to SB 99.
FULL TEXT
- 01/03/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102977D pdf | impact statements
- 02/07/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107266D-H1 pdf | impact statements
- 02/26/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108242D-S1 pdf | impact statements
- 03/07/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB175ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Governor's veto explanation
HISTORY
- 01/03/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102977D
- 01/03/24 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/13/24 House: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
- 02/01/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 3-N)
- 02/01/24 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/02/24 House: Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/02/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/02/24 House: Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
- 02/07/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/07/24 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/07/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107266D-H1
- 02/09/24 House: Read first time
- 02/12/24 House: Read second time
- 02/12/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107266D-H1
- 02/12/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB175H1
- 02/13/24 House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)
- 02/13/24 House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N)
- 02/14/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/26/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (8-Y 4-N)
- 02/26/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108242D-S1
- 02/26/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/28/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/29/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/01/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/01/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24108242D-S1
- 03/01/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB175S1
- 03/01/24 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N)
- 03/01/24 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/24 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)
- 03/04/24 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108242D-S1 (51-Y 47-N)
- 03/04/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 47-N)
- 03/07/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB175ER)
- 03/07/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/26/24 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/17/24 House: House sustained Governor's veto