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2023 SESSION
HB 1427 Firearms, etc.; control of possession by locality.
Introduced by: Dave A. LaRock | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Control of firearms by localities. Removes a locality's authority to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (ii) any recreation or community center facility operated by the locality; or (iii) any public street, road, alley, or sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used by or is adjacent to a permitted event or an event that would otherwise require a permit.
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HISTORY
- 12/15/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100752D
- 12/15/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/24/23 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/26/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
- 01/27/23 House: Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N)
- 01/31/23 House: Read first time
- 02/01/23 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/02/23 House: Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N)
- 02/02/23 House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N)
- 02/03/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/03/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/13/23 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)