Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 641

Vetoed Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: eliminating the prohibitions on electric weapons and providing a penalty.

Firearms and dangerous weapons Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on

Introduced, completed
Passes Senate, completed
Passes Assembly, stopped here
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 generally prohibits a person from selling, transporting,

possessing, or going armed with a device that is designed to immobilize or

incapacitate persons by the use of electric current, which is commonly known as an

electric weapon. Current law contains many exceptions to the prohibition, including

a law enforcement officer, a person who has a license to carry a concealed weapon,

a person who is in his or her dwelling or business, or a security person who has a

license or permit.

This bill eliminates the current prohibitions against electric weapons. The bill

creates a provision that prohibits a person who is prohibited from possessing a

firearm from possessing an electric weapon.

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.

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2

Passed 5–2 Jan 31, 2024 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 22–10 Feb 13, 2024 official source full page

Aye · 22

Nay · 10

Full history

Nov 7, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senators James and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Sortwell, Magnafici, Allen, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Goeben, Gustafson, S. Johnson, Rettinger, Schmidt and Wichgers
Nov 7, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
Jan 11, 2024 · Senate
Public hearing held
Jan 31, 2024 · Senate
Executive action taken
Jan 31, 2024 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2
Jan 31, 2024 · Senate
Available for scheduling
Feb 9, 2024 · Senate
Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
Feb 13, 2024 · Senate
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 22, Noes 10
Feb 13, 2024 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly
Received from Senate
Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 2-15-2024 by Committee on Rules
Feb 13, 2024 · Senate
Read a second time
Feb 13, 2024 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
Feb 13, 2024 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly
Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor
Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly
Read a second time
Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly
Rules suspended
Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
Feb 15, 2024 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
Feb 29, 2024 · Senate
LRB correction
Feb 29, 2024 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
Mar 26, 2024 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2024
Mar 29, 2024 · Senate
Report vetoed by the Governor on 3-29-2024
May 13, 2024 · Senate
Placed on calendar 5-14-2024 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)
May 14, 2024 · Senate
Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82