Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session
Relating to: leaving a firearm in an unlocked vehicle and providing a penalty.
Crime and criminals Firearms and dangerous weapons Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on Motor vehicle
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law criminalizes certain actions that endanger safety by using
firearms or other weapons. For example, under current law, it is a Class A
misdemeanor to endanger another's safety by negligently operating or handling a
dangerous weapon or to carry a firearm while under the influence of an intoxicant.
This bill adds that it is a Class A misdemeanor for a person to store or leave an
operable firearm in an unlocked stationary vehicle if the person is not in or in
proximity to the vehicle. The bill prohibits arresting or prosecuting a person for the
violation created under this bill if the violation is discovered when the person reports
that a firearm was stolen from an unlocked vehicle.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,
the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a
report.
Sponsors
Full history
- Jan 18, 2022 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Conley, Andraca, Subeck, Billings, Emerson, Hebl, Hesselbein, Neubauer, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senators Roys and Johnson
- Jan 18, 2022 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1