Key Votes
HB 113 - Authorizing Concealed Weapons Without a Permit - Key Vote
Wyoming Key Votes
Stages
Family
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Referred to Committee (Senate) - Feb. 24, 2010
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (42-15) - Feb. 22, 2010 (Key vote)
Title: Authorizing Concealed Weapons Without a Permit
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes individuals to carry a concealed weapon without a permit beginning July 1, 2010, and establishes requirements for carrying a concealed weapon without a permit.
Highlights:
-Establishes the following requirements to carry a concealed weapon without a permit (Sec. 1):
- -Be at least 21 years of age;
-Resident of the state for at least 6 months;
-Not suffering from a physical infirmity which prevents the safe handling of a firearm;
-Not ineligible under federal law
-Not been convicted of a felony;
-Not been committed to a state or federal facility for abuse of a controlled substance;
-Not been involuntarily committed to a residential facility for chronicle or habitual use alcoholic liquor or malt beverages;
-Not adjudicated as legally incompetent;
-Not committed to a mental institution; and
-Have familiarity with deadly weapons by completing a safety or training course administered by the National Rifle Association, the military, or Wyoming law enforcement agencies.
- -Any facility used primarily for law enforcement operations or administration without the written consent of the chief administrator;
-Any detention facility, prison, or jail;
-Any courtroom, unless the individual is a judge;
-Any meeting of a governmental entity;
-Any meeting of the legislature or a committee thereof;
-Any school, college, or professional athletic event not related to firearms;
-An establishment or portion of an establishment primarily devoted and licensed to dispense alcoholic liquor and malt beverages for consumption on the premises;
-Any place where people are assembled for public worship, without the written consent of the chief administrator;
-Any elementary or secondary school facility;
-Any college or university facility without the written consent of the security service; or
-Any place where the carrying of firearms is prohibited by federal law or regulation or state law.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Feb. 22, 2010
Title: Authorizing Concealed Weapons Without a Permit
Sponsors
- Bob Brechtel (WY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Edward A. 'Ed' Buchanan (WY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Cale Case (WY - R)
- Henry H. R. 'Hank' Coe (WY - R)
- Kathleen A. 'Kathy' Davison (WY - R)
- Ross Diercks (WY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Keith Marshall Gingery (WY - R)
- Peter S. 'Pete' Illoway (WY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Allen M. Jaggi (WY - R)
- Kit Jennings (WY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lorraine Quarberg (WY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Tony Ross (WY - R)
- Mark A. Semlek (WY - R)
- Colin M. Simpson (WY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Sue Wallis (WY - R)
- Daniel K. 'Dan' Zwonitzer (WY - R)
