SCS/HB 1468 - Under current law, a person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons if the person carries a concealed knife, firearm, blackjack, or another weapon readily capable of lethal use. This act provides that the crime is committed if a person carries one of the above types of weapons in an area in which a person with a concealed carry permit is restricted from carrying firearms. The penalty is lowered from a class D felony to a class B misdemeanor. Current law exempts full time chiefs of fire departments and fire districts from certain otherwise unlawful uses of weapons. This act expands the exemption to apply to full-time fire department and fire district members.
This act repeals a provision exempting a person with a concealed carry permit from certain otherwise unlawful use of weapons.
This act lowers the penalty for possessing a firearm while also knowingly carrying a felony amount of a controlled substance from a Class D felony to a Class B misdemeanor. Also, the act of carrying a concealed weapon onto private property whose owner has posted the premises as being off-limits with appropriate signage is declared not to be criminal act. The person may be removed from the premises and fined. This provision has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2017 and provides that certain class D felonies of unlawful use of weapons will be class E felonies to align with penalty modifications that will take effect on that date.
These provisions are similar to provisions of the truly agreed to and finally passed CCS/HCS/SB 656 (2016).
Currently, a concealed carry permit holder is not permitted to concealed carry at higher education institutions without the consent of the governing body of the higher education institution. This act permits concealed carry at higher education institutions in accordance with policies written by higher education institutions that are available to the public. The written policies may prohibit firearms in specific locations provided that the higher education institution makes available a sufficient number of combination lock safes at each prohibited location. The written polices may also require concealed carry permit holders to complete campus specific training relating to the possession and use of firearms on the premises of such institution requiring the training. The policies shall not generally prohibit or have the effect of generally prohibiting the carrying of a concealed firearm on the campus of the institution.
This provision is identical to HB 1910 (2016) and is similar to SB 589 (2016), HB 1899 (2016), and HB 2698 (2016).
MEGHAN LUECKE