Florida Senate - 2019 SB 1238
By Senator Mayfield
17-01433A-19 20191238__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the safety of religious
3 institutions; amending s. 790.06, F.S.; authorizing a
4 church, a synagogue, or other religious institution to
5 allow a concealed weapons or concealed firearms
6 licensee to carry a firearm on the property of that
7 church, synagogue, or other religious institution for
8 certain purposes; authorizing a private school or a
9 religious school to designate a person to carry a
10 firearm on that school’s property; requiring the
11 governing board or body of such school to create
12 certain policies and procedures if it designates such
13 person; providing an effective date.
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15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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17 Section 1. Subsection (12) of section 790.06, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.—
20 (12)(a) A license issued under this section does not
21 authorize any person to openly carry a handgun or carry a
22 concealed weapon or firearm into:
23 1. Any place of nuisance as defined in s. 823.05;
24 2. Any police, sheriff, or highway patrol station;
25 3. Any detention facility, prison, or jail;
26 4. Any courthouse;
27 5. Any courtroom, except that nothing in this section would
28 preclude a judge from carrying a concealed weapon or determining
29 who will carry a concealed weapon in his or her courtroom;
30 6. Any polling place;
31 7. Any meeting of the governing body of a county, public
32 school district, municipality, or special district;
33 8. Any meeting of the Legislature or a committee thereof;
34 9. Any school, college, or professional athletic event not
35 related to firearms;
36 10. Any elementary or secondary school facility or
37 administration building;
38 11. Any career center;
39 12. Any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense
40 alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, which
41 portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to such
42 purpose;
43 13. Any college or university facility unless the licensee
44 is a registered student, employee, or faculty member of such
45 college or university and the weapon is a stun gun or nonlethal
46 electric weapon or device designed solely for defensive purposes
47 and the weapon does not fire a dart or projectile;
48 14. The inside of the passenger terminal and sterile area
49 of any airport, provided that no person shall be prohibited from
50 carrying any legal firearm into the terminal, which firearm is
51 encased for shipment for purposes of checking such firearm as
52 baggage to be lawfully transported on any aircraft; or
53 15. Any place where the carrying of firearms is prohibited
54 by federal law.
55 (b) A person licensed under this section may shall not be
56 prohibited from carrying or storing a firearm in a vehicle for
57 lawful purposes.
58 (c) Notwithstanding any other law, for the purposes of
59 safety, security, personal protection, or other lawful purposes:
60 1. A church, a synagogue, or any other religious
61 institution may authorize a person licensed under this section
62 to carry a firearm on property owned, rented, leased, borrowed,
63 or otherwise lawfully used by the church, synagogue, or other
64 religious institution.
65 2. A private school or a religious school may designate a
66 person to carry a firearm on the property of that school. If a
67 private school or a religious school chooses to designate a
68 person, the governing board or body of that school must create
69 policies and procedures the designee must meet.
70 (d)(c) This section does not modify the terms or conditions
71 of s. 790.251(7).
72 (e)(d) Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any
73 provision of this subsection commits a misdemeanor of the second
74 degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
75 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.