34 total bills, 0 anti-gun bills,
0 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed Florida Firearm Legislation
34 total bills, 0 anti-gun bills,
0 pro-gun bills for this session
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Title: Concealed Weapons and Firearms
Description: Creates exception to preemption of regulation of firearms to Legislature to allow state agency or local government to prohibit possession of concealed firearms & ammunition at specified publicly sanctioned or sponsored events conducted in public buildings or at government-sponsored outdoor public venues.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Protection of Vulnerable Adults
Description: Reduces minimum amount of theft from person 65 years of age or older that constitutes felony of third degree; revises terminology to prohibit specified offenses against vulnerable adults; eliminates requirement that deception or intimidation be used in committing exploitation of vulnerable adult; conforms provisions.
Last Action: Died on Calendar
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: School Safety
Description: Provides that state sales and use taxes collected on firearms & ammunition shall be allocated to Safe Schools Trust Fund; provides that exception to prohibition on open carrying of weapons for certain nonlethal weapons does not apply to persons, other than school faculty or staff members, within school safety zones; provides that person within school safety zone who is carrying weapon or firearm in violation of specified provisions may avoid charges by surrendering weapon or firearm to specified person at earliest opportunity if person has committed no other offense involving weapon or firearm within zone; provides that license to carry concealed weapon or firearm does not authorize any person to openly carry handgun or carry concealed weapon or firearm in school safety zone; requires school district's guidance plan to include mandatory guidance counseling for certain students in school safety issues.
Last Action: Died in K-12 Subcommittee
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Self-Defense
Description: Authorizes person to use force, except deadly force, in defense of property; provides that person does not have duty to retreat if person is in certain place; requires, rather than authorizes, law enforcement agency to investigate use of force; deletes provision that prohibits law enforcement agency from arresting person for using force; authorizes, rather than requires, court to award attorney fees & other expenses to defendant who used force; deletes provisions that make justifiable use of force available to aggressor who initially provokes use of force; provides additional circumstances in which justifiable use of force is not available; directs FDLE to collect data on incidents concerning alleged justifiable use of force; requires law enforcement agencies to report incidents & cases in which justifiable use of force claimed.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Description: Urges Congress and the President to protect the constitutional right of the people to keep and bear arms.
Last Action: Died in Messages
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Use of Force in Self-Defense
Description: Provides that provisions allowing person to stand his or her ground & meet force with force in certain circumstances do not apply to person who initiates an altercation, progressively disrupts peace, or actively pursues another individual for any reason; provides investigatory and pretrial procedures when an individual claims benefits of stand your ground provisions in an incident in which death has occurred.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Regulation of Firearms and Ammunition
Description: Provides that, except as otherwise expressly prohibited by State Constitution, county or municipality may regulate possession of firearms on property owned by such municipality or county.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Sale or Transfer of Firearms at Gun Shows
Description: Prohibits any person other than licensed dealer from being gun show vendor; prohibits sale or transfer of weapon at gun show unless licensed dealer is party to transaction.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: School Safety
Description: Provides exception to prohibition on possession of firearms or other specified devices on school property or other specified areas for authorized concealed weapon or firearm licensees as designated by school principals or district superintendents; revises applicability of definition; permits district school boards to commission one or more school safety officers on each school campus.
Last Action: Died on Calendar
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Sale of Firearms and Ammunition
Description: Providing administrative fee to be imposed on sale of firearms & ammunition by licensed dealers; provides for deposit, distribution, & use of fee revenues; provides for annual carryforward of unexpended funds.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Firearms
Description: Requires 3-day waiting period for sale of any firearm; provides exceptions; prohibits sale of ammunition to person who has not completed an anger-management program; requires certification of completion of an anger-management program to be renewed every 10 years; provides minimum program requirements; prohibits purchase of ammunition by fraudulent means.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Victims of Human Trafficking
Description: Revises mental, emotional, or developmental age of child victim whose out-of-court statement describing specified criminal acts is admissible in evidence in certain instances; provides for expungement of criminal history record of victim of human trafficking; designates what offenses may be expunged; provides that conviction expunged under this act is deemed to have been vacated due to substantive defect in underlying criminal proceedings; provides for period in which such expungement must be sought; provides that official documentation of victim's status as human trafficking victim creates presumption; provides standard of proof absent such documentation; provides requirements for petitions; provides for parties & service; provides for electronic appearances of petitioners & attorneys; provides for orders of relief; provides for physical destruction of records; authorizes person whose records are expunged to lawfully deny or fail to acknowledge arrests covered by expunged record; provides exceptions; provides that such lawful denial is not perjury or subject person to liability. APPROPRIATION:
Last Action: Chapter No. 2013-98, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1327 (Ch. 2013-99)
Last Action Date: May 30, 2013
Title: Weapons or Firearms
Description: Creates "Universal Background Check Act"; requires transfers of firearms when neither party is licensed dealer to be conducted through licensed dealer; requires deposit of firearm with dealer; requires processing by dealer; provides for disposition of firearm if dealer cannot legally complete transaction; authorizes fee; provides exceptions; requires reports of violations.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Purchase of Firearms by Mentally Ill Persons
Description: Provides conditions under which person who has been voluntarily admitted to mental institution for treatment & has undergone involuntary examination under Baker Act may be prohibited from purchasing firearm; provides requirements for examining physician; provides for judicial review of certain findings; provides specified notice requirements; provides form & contents of notice; provides requirements with respect to filing of specified records with court & presentation of such records to judge or magistrate; provides lawful authority of judge or magistrate to review specified records & order that such records be submitted to FDLE; provides a timeframe for submission of records to FDLE upon order of record by judge or magistrate.
Last Action: Chapter No. 2013-249
Last Action Date: July 1, 2013
Title: Traffic Infraction Detectors
Description: Repeals provisions relating to installation & use of traffic infraction detectors to enforce specified provisions when driver fails to stop at traffic signal.
Last Action: Died in Economic Affairs Committee
Last Action Date: May 2, 2014
Title: Privacy of Firearm Owners
Description: Repeals provisions relating to medical privacy concerning firearms & prohibited acts by health care practitioners, health care facilities, & insurers related to collection & use of certain information concerning patient's ownership of firearms; conforms provisions.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Self-defense
Description: Authorizing a person to use deadly force, in the defense of property, to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony; directing the Department of Law Enforcement to collect, process, maintain, and disseminate information and data on all incidents concerning the alleged justifiable use of force in this state; requiring each law enforcement agency within the state to monthly report to the department all incidents and cases in which a claim regarding the justifiable use of force is raised, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Privacy of Firearm Owners
Description: Repealing provisions relating to medical privacy concerning firearms; deleting a provision providing that unless the information is relevant to the patient's medical care or safety, or the safety of others, inquiries regarding firearm ownership or possession should not be made by licensed health care providers or health care facilities; deleting a provision prohibiting harassment of a patient regarding firearm ownership during an examination by a licensed health care provider or health care facility, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Concealed Weapons and Firearms
Description: Creating an exception to the preemption of the regulation of firearms to the Legislature to allow a state agency or local government to prohibit the possession of a concealed firearm and ammunition at specified publicly sanctioned or sponsored events conducted in public buildings or at government-sponsored outdoor public venues, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Use of Deadly Force in Defense of a Person
Description: Repealing provisions relating to home protection and the use of deadly force, which created a presumption of fear of death or great bodily harm in certain circumstances and provided that there is no duty to retreat and a person has the right to stand one's ground and meet force with force in certain circumstances, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Possession/Discharge of Firearm/Destructive Device/During Commission of Specified Offenses
Description: Providing that a sentencing court may elect not to impose the minimum term of imprisonment for persons convicted of certain offenses during which the person actually possessed or discharged a firearm or destructive device if the court finds that certain specified criteria are met; requiring a sentencing court that elects not to impose the mandatory minimum sentence for the relevant offense to make specific findings to support its decision to impose a lesser term, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Description: Removing the requirement that an applicant for private investigative, private security, and repossession services provide a written statement by a fingerprint technician or licensed physician under certain conditions; requiring a health studio to maintain a bond in favor of the department, rather than the state; prohibiting a telephone solicitor or a person from initiating an outbound telephone call to a consumer, a donor, or a potential donor under certain circumstances; prohibiting a commercial telephone seller or salesperson from accepting a novelty payment, etc.
Last Action: Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 7051 (Ch. 2014-147)
Last Action Date: April 28, 2014
Title: Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Description: Transferring the collection of the motor fuel inspection fee from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to the Department of Revenue; providing additional grounds for disciplinary action against firearm licensees; revising procedures and requirements with respect to the submission and processing of registration statements and renewal statements by charitable organizations and sponsors; repealing a provision relating to mandatory filings and disclosure of advertisement identification numbers by sellers of business opportunities, etc.
Last Action: Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 7023 (Ch. 2013-251), HB 5501 (Ch. 2013-55)
Last Action Date: April 25, 2013
Title: Sale of Firearms and Ammunition
Description: Providing an administrative fee to be imposed on the sale of firearms and ammunition by licensed dealers in this state; requiring fees collected to be deposited into the Behavioral Health Intervention and Treatment Trust Fund; providing for carryforward of unexpended funds in the trust fund at the end of fiscal year; providing for distributions from the trust fund, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Gun Violence Awareness Month
Description: Recognizing the month of June 2014 as "Gun Violence Awareness Month" in Florida, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 2, 2014
Title: Defense of Life, Home, and Property
Description: Providing that the defensive display of a weapon or firearm, including the discharge of a firearm for the purpose of a warning shot, does not constitute the use of deadly force; providing immunity from prosecution for persons acting in defense of life, home, and property from violent attack or the threat of violent attack through certain displays of or uses of force; limiting a provision authorizing use of deadly force by law enforcement or correctional officers, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Mental Health
Description: Providing that the confidentiality of communications between certain health care providers and patients is waived under certain circumstances; requiring certain health care providers to report certain information to the Department of Law Enforcement; prohibiting the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services from issuing a concealed weapons license to a person incapable of exercising proper judgment with respect to a firearm, etc.
Last Action: Died in Health Policy
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Public Records/Patients and Health Care Providers Information/FDLE
Description: Creating an exemption from public records requirements for certain information of patients and health care providers under the mandatory reporting of mental health status for firearm safety program; providing for disclosure of such information under specified conditions; providing guidelines for the use of such information and penalties for violations; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption under the Open Government Sunset Review Act, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Licensure to Carry a Concealed Weapon or Firearm
Description: Revising conditions precedent to the issuance of a license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm; revising conditions under which a license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm is suspended or revoked and the conditions under which an application for such license is denied or the processing thereof suspended, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Culpable Negligence
Description: Citing this act as the "Officer Jose Somohano Assault Weapons Act"; defining the term "assault weapon"; providing that a person commits a felony of the third degree if he or she stores or leaves an assault weapon within the reach or easy access of another person if that person obtains the weapon and uses it to inflict injury or death; providing criminal penalties, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Public Records/School Safety Marshals Information/DOE
Description: Creating an exemption from public records requirements for certain personal identifying information of school safety marshals; providing for disclosure of such information under specified conditions, etc.
Last Action: Died in Education
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Assault Weapons and Magazines
Description: Prohibiting a person from manufacturing, importing, possessing, purchasing, selling, or transferring any assault weapon or large-capacity magazine; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to provide every county sheriff with the training and forms necessary to perform background checks and register assault weapons and large-capacity magazines with the department; increasing criminal penalties for the possession or use of an assault weapon during the commission of certain specified offenses, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Firearms
Description: Requiring a 3-day waiting period for the sale of any firearm; prohibiting the sale of ammunition to a person who has not completed an anger-management program; requiring certification of completion of an anger-management program to be renewed every 10 years; providing criminal penalties, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Title: Public Schools
Description: Establishing the School Safety Marshal Program within the Department of Education; authorizing and requiring a school safety marshal to carry a concealed firearm on school grounds; authorizing school districts to participate in the program after following certain procedures; requiring school districts to provide notice of intent to participate in the program to employees and parents of students within the district; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to issue an identification card to a school safety marshal, etc.
Last Action: Died in Education
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
