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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 9

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Relating to: law enforcement officers who are on duty, off-duty law enforcement officers, and former law enforcement officers and going armed with firearms.

Firearms and dangerous weapons Housing Police Real property School — Building

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a law enforcement officer or a former law enforcement

officer may go armed with (carry) a concealed weapon if he or she has a license issued

by the Department of Justice or if he or she carries a photographic identification

issued by the law enforcement agency that employs or, in the case of a former law

enforcement officer, employed, him or her and meets other qualifications such as

meeting any standards established by the agency to carry a firearm, not being under

the influence of an intoxicant, and not carrying a machine gun or a firearm silencer.

Federal law explicitly preempts any state law prohibiting a qualified law

enforcement officer or a qualified former law enforcement officer from carrying a

concealed firearm, but federal law allows a state to permit private persons to prohibit

the possession of concealed firearms on their property and to prohibit firearms on

any state or local government property, installation, building, base, or park. Current

state law prohibits a licensee from carrying a firearm on school grounds and on

certain posted private properties. This bill exempts from these prohibitions law

enforcement officers who are acting in their official capacity (who are currently

exempt only from the prohibition against carrying on school grounds); qualified law

enforcement officers, without regard to whether they are on duty; and qualified

former law enforcement officers.

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Bernier (R) , Bies (R) , Born (R) , Brooks (R) , Czaja (R) , Danou (D) , Jacque (R) , Jagler (R) , Kaufert (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Knodl (R) , Mursau (R) , Nerison (R) , Schraa (R) , Stroebel (R) , Swearingen (R) , T. Larson (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tranel (R) , Weatherston (R)

2 cosponsors

Gudex (R) , L. Taylor (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 13, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kleefisch, Danou, Jacque, Mursau, Stroebel, Bernier, Born, Swearingen, A. Ott, Brooks, Tranel, Nerison, Bies, Weatherston, Kaufert, Thiesfeldt, Jagler, Schraa, T. Larson, Knodl and Czaja; cosponsored by Senators Gudex, L. Taylor and Kedzie

  2. Feb 13, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Sep 4, 2013 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on Judiciary and referred to committee on Criminal Justice pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)

  4. Oct 10, 2013 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kleefisch

  6. Oct 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Kleefisch

  7. Oct 28, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Goyke

  8. Nov 5, 2013 · Assembly

    Senator Kedzie withdrawn as a cosponsor

  9. Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1