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AL HB123
Bill
Status
3/21/2023
Primary Sponsor
Barbara Drummond
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AI Summary
HB123 Summary
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Creates a Class C felony offense for parents or legal guardians who fail to reasonably secure a firearm that results in their minor unlawfully possessing it on public school premises.
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Requires parents and legal guardians to store firearms in a manner that reasonably secures the firearm from unauthorized or unlawful access by minors.
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Provides exceptions allowing minors to possess firearms with parental permission for hunter education, firearms safety courses, target shooting at established ranges, organized competitions, hunting/fishing with valid licenses, property under parental control, armed services duty, and motor vehicle transport to these activities.
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Amends Section 13A-11-72 of the Alabama Code to make nonsubstantive technical revisions updating code language to current style, including reorganizing and renumbering definitions and clarifications.
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Takes effect on the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval or becoming law.
Legislative Description
Relating to firearms; to amend Section 13A-11-72, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide a criminal penalty for a parent or legal guardian who fails to reasonably secure their firearm resulting in their minor possessing the firearm on the premises of a public school; to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
Firearms, establishes penalty for parent of minor in possession on school premises
Last Action
Indefinitely Postpone
5/31/2023