HB20-1040 Summary

• Repeals the prohibition on concealed handgun permit holders carrying firearms on public elementary, middle, junior high, or high school grounds.

• Maintains existing exceptions allowing permit holders to keep handguns in locked vehicles on school property and school security officers to carry while on duty.

• Removes the reference to school ground restrictions from the unlawful weapons statute (18-12-105.5) and updates it to reference Article 12 instead of specific statute sections.

• Includes a safety clause declaring the act necessary for immediate preservation of public peace, health, or safety.