HB414 Alabama 2017 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Isaac Whorton

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2017

Title

Firearms, possession and carrying of, certain requirements for, repealed or deleted, Secs. 9-11-304, 13A-11-50, 13A-11-51, 13A-11-52, 13A-11-59, 13A-11-71, 13A-11-73, 13A-11-74, repealed; Sec. 13A-11-61.2 am'd.

Summary

HB414 would repeal several firearm carrying restrictions and set new location-based limits on where people may carry or possess firearms in Alabama.

What This Bill Does

It repeals eight existing restrictions on carrying firearms in wildlife areas, private property, demonstrations, and related rules, affecting both permit holders and non-permit holders. It revises 13A-11-61.2 to ban carrying or possessing a firearm in several places unless the owner or authority allows it, including police stations, prisons, mental health facilities, courthouses and government meeting buildings, school athletic facilities, and professional sports venues. It requires notices at entrances, storage or concealment requirements in many places, and makes violations a Class C misdemeanor; it preserves a residence exemption and certain law-enforcement exemptions. The changes would take effect on the first day of the third month after passage, and the bill notes it is exempt from certain local-funding requirements under Amendment 621 because it creates or amends a crime.

Who It Affects

• Gun owners and concealed-pistol permit holders: face new or revised limits on where they can carry or possess firearms, with some locations requiring permission from the premises owner and specific storage rules.
• Property owners and administrators of affected locations (police stations, prisons, mental health facilities, courthouses, government meeting buildings, schools and universities, and athletic venues): responsible for enforcing the new restrictions, posting notices, and ensuring firearms are stored or not carried, with penalties for violations.

Key Provisions

• Repeals eight sections relating to firearm carrying restrictions: 9-11-304; 13A-11-50; 13A-11-51; 13A-11-52; 13A-11-59; 13A-11-71; 13A-11-73; 13A-11-74.
• Amends 13A-11-61.2 to prohibit possessing or carrying a firearm in listed locations unless express permission is given by the premises’ authority, including police/sherriff facilities, prisons/detention facilities, mental health inpatient facilities, courthouses and certain government meeting buildings, school athletic facilities, and professional athletic venues.
• Adds security-related provisions: in certain places with posted guards and security controls, carrying may be restricted and firearms must be concealed or stored, with exceptions for employee private vehicles and specified permissions; notices must be posted at public entrances.
• Violations of the new prohibitions are Class C misdemeanors; residents’ homes remain exempt, and law enforcement or federal-law considerations are preserved; the act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after passage.
• The bill states it is exempt from Amendment 621 local-funding requirements because it defines a new crime or amends the definition of an existing crime.

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Subjects

Firearms