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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

SB 102

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Relating to: prohibition against carrying firearms in the capitol. (FE)

Firearms and dangerous weapons Military personnel Police State capitol

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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, with several exceptions, an individual who goes armed with

a firearm in any building owned or leased by the state or any political subdivision

of the state is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Law enforcement officers, former law

enforcement officers, members of the armed forces who go armed in the line of duty,

and individuals with a license to carry a concealed weapon are exempted from this

general prohibition, but the state or a local government may, with proper notice,

prevent individuals from going armed with a firearm in a building that is owned,

occupied, or controlled by the state or the local government. A person who violates

the prohibition is guilty of a Class B forfeiture.

This bill prohibits anyone, except on-duty law enforcement officers and armed

forces who go armed in the line of duty, from going armed with a firearm in the state

capitol. A person who violates the provision is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Lehman (D) , Risser (D) , T. Cullen (D)

8 cosponsors

Barnes (D) , Berceau (D) , Hebl (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pasch (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 22, 2013 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Risser, Lehman and T. Cullen; cosponsored by Representatives Sargent, Pasch, Barnes, Ohnstad, Hebl, Berceau, Sinicki and Pope

  2. Mar 22, 2013 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs

  3. May 28, 2013 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 8, 2014 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1