Signed by Governor Charlie Crist, Jr.

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that bans employers from prohibiting customers and employees from possessing any legally owned firearm that is locked inside a private vehicle.

Highlights:

- Prohibits employers from inquiring either verbally or in writing about the presence of a firearm inside an employee's private vehicle or from searching the vehicle for a firearm. - Prohibits employers from requiring an agreement that prohibits employees from keeping legal firearms locked in a private vehicle as a condition of employment. - Prohibits employers from firing an employee or refusing service to a customer for exercising their right to keep and bear arms. - Exempts school properties, state correctional institutions, power plants, aerospace and national defense locations and property used to manufacture or store explosives. - Substitute offered by the House Environment & Natural Resources Council.

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that bans employers from prohibiting customers and employees from possessing any legally owned firearm that is locked inside a private vehicle.

Highlights:

- Prohibits employers from inquiring either verbally or in writing about the presence of a firearm inside an employee's private vehicle or from searching the vehicle for a firearm. - Prohibits employers from requiring an agreement that prohibits employees from keeping legal firearms locked in a private vehicle as a condition of employment. - Prohibits employers from firing an employee or refusing service to a customer for exercising their right to keep and bear arms. - Exempts school properties, state correctional institutions, power plants, aerospace and national defense locations and property used to manufacture or store explosives. - Substitute offered by the House Environment & Natural Resources Council.

Full Bill Text