Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes a licensed individual to openly carry a holstered handgun, effective January 1, 2016.

Highlights:

• Authorizes licensed handgun owners to openly carry handguns in a shoulder or belt holster (Secs. 1-40 & 49-53).
• Specifies that a licensed handgun owner commits a trespassing offense if he or she openly carries a handgun on the property of another without effective consent and has received the following oral notice or written communications (Sec. 44):
• Entry with an openly carried handgun is forbidden; or
• Remaining on the property with an openly carried handgun is forbidden.
• Specifies that property owned or leased by a governmental entity, and is not otherwise a premises on which the license holder is prohibited from carrying a handgun, is exempt from the provisions of this bill regarding trespass by a licensed holder with an openly carried gun (Sec. 44).
• Specifies that it is an offense for a licensed handgun owner to carry a partially or wholly visible handgun, regardless of whether the handgun is concealed or holstered (Sec. 47).
• Specifies that it is an offense to intentionally display a handgun in “plain view” of another person in the following circumstances (Sec. 47):
• When the individual is on the premises of public, independent or private institutions of higher education; and
• When the individual is on all streets, sidewalks, driveways and parking areas of any institution of higher education.
• Requires licensed handgun owners entering the Capitol building or Capitol Extension office to obtain a Capitol access pass and present the pass to the appropriate law enforcement officials upon entering buildings with an openly carried gun (Sec. 15).
• Requires an individual obtaining a handgun license to take the appropriate handgun proficiency course, which must include instruction on the use of restraint holsters and methods to ensure the secure carrying of openly carried handguns (Secs. 22 & 23).

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