HB66 Summary

• Eliminates the requirement for a concealed carry permit, allowing any person to lawfully carry a pistol without obtaining a permit from the state.

• Repeals restrictions on carrying firearms on wildlife management areas, private property, and in motor vehicles, and removes exceptions to permit requirements.

• Revises firearm restrictions at specific locations including courthouses, police stations, detention facilities, and psychiatric facilities, and redefines "courthouse annex" as a building currently hosting court hearings.

• Removes the legal presumption that carrying a pistol without a permit constitutes prima facie evidence of intent to commit a crime of violence.

• Becomes effective January 1, 2023, and is excluded from local expenditure limitations because it defines or amends criminal offense definitions.