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FL S0300

Bill

Status

Failed

3/11/2016

Primary Sponsor

Criminal Justice

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Origin

Senate

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Allows individuals licensed to carry a concealed firearm or weapon to also openly carry such firearm or weapon, subject to existing restrictions

  • Requires courts to apply strict scrutiny when reviewing any statute implicating the right to bear arms or self-defense, treating it as a fundamental individual right

  • Modifies arrest provisions so law enforcement officers may only arrest for unlicensed concealed weapon carrying upon probable cause (removing "reasonable grounds" standard)

  • Creates civil liability under s. 790.33 for any person or entity that infringes on an individual's constitutional firearm and self-defense rights without probable cause of a crime, with no immunity protections

  • Adds legislative finding that possession and carrying of weapons by law-abiding individuals for lawful purposes, including self-defense, enhances public safety

Legislative Description

Weapons and Firearms

Last Action

Died in Judiciary

3/11/2016

Committee Referrals

Judiciary10/23/2015
Criminal Justice10/6/2015

Full Bill Text

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