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Title: Amends Firearm Laws
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that amends firearm laws.
Highlights:
- Authorizes an individual with valid concealed handgun permit to keep a concealed handgun in a closed compartment or container within the individual’s locked vehicle, if the vehicle is in a parking area that is owned or leased by the state (Sec. 1).
- Authorizes an employee who lives on the campus of a public or private higher education institution to possess a concealed handgun while on campus if the following conditions are met (Sec. 2):
- The employee’s residence is a single-family, detached residence;
- The institution of higher education or nonpublic post-secondary education has not specifically prohibited the possession of a handgun;
- The weapon is a handgun; and
- The handgun is kept in a closed compartment of the employee’s locked vehicle.
- Authorizes an individual with a valid concealed handgun permit to carry the handgun into an establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed, unless the owner of the establishment has posted signage prohibiting handguns on the premises (Sec. 3).
- Authorizes an individual who owns a property or business to post a “plainly” visible notice prohibiting concealed firearms within the premises (Sec. 3).
- Requires the authorities to charge an individual with a Class 2 misdemeanor if an adult is found to have knowingly allowed a child who is 12 years old or younger to have access to, or be in possession of, any dangerous firearm unless the individual has permission of the child’s parent or guardian, and the child is under adult supervision (Sec. 4).
- Increases the prison term limits of an individual convicted of a crime involving the use of a firearm to the following amounts (Sec. 5):
- A 72 month increase if the felony is a Class A, B1, B2, C, D, or E felony;
- A 36 month increase if the felony is a Class F or G felony; or
- A 12 month increase if the felony is a Class H or I felony.
- Requires the clerk of superior court in the state county to make a record of an individual to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System if the clerk receives certain judicial determinations including, but not limited to, the following judicial determinations (Sec. 7):
- The individual is involuntarily committed to an inpatient or outpatient mental health treatment center;
- The individual is not guilty by reason of insanity;
- The individual is mentally incompetent to proceed to criminal trial; or
- The individual cannot manage their own affairs due to mental illness or disease.