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2024 SESSION
HB 1462 Firearm in unattended motor vehicle; civil penalty.
Introduced by: Amy J. Laufer | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Firearm in unattended motor vehicle; civil penalty. Provides that no person shall leave, place, or store a handgun in an unattended motor vehicle, as defined in the bill, when such handgun is visible to any person who is outside such motor vehicle. The bill provides that any person violating such prohibition is subject to a civil penalty of no more than $500 and such unattended motor vehicle may be subject to removal for safekeeping. This bill is identical to SB 447.
FULL TEXT
- 01/19/24 House: Presented and ordered printed 24105291D pdf | impact statement
- 02/27/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1462ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/19/24 House: Presented and ordered printed 24105291D
- 01/19/24 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/23/24 House: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
- 02/01/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 3-N)
- 02/02/24 House: Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/06/24 House: Read first time
- 02/07/24 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/08/24 House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 46-N)
- 02/08/24 House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 46-N)
- 02/09/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/19/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (7-Y 4-N)
- 02/20/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/24 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/24 Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/27/24 House: Enrolled
- 02/27/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1462ER)
- 02/27/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/01/24 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