HB326 Alabama 2022 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

John W. Rogers Representative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Firearms, storage requirements, prohibit access of loaded firearms to a minor child, penalties

Description

This bill would provide for certain storage requirements for loaded firearms.

This bill would prohibit a person from storing or leaving a loaded firearm in an area in which a minor child is likely to gain access.

This bill would make it a felony for a person to fail to properly store a loaded firearm if the failure results in a minor child gaining access to the firearm and injuring or killing either himself, herself, or another person.

This bill would also provide an exception if a minor child's access to a loaded firearm is a result of unlawful entry.

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.

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Subjects

Firearms