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FL S1390

Bill

Status

Failed

3/8/2024

Primary Sponsor

Linda Stewart

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Origin

Senate

2024 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands Florida's safe storage requirements to cover firearms left in conveyances (vehicles) in addition to premises, and extends coverage to unloaded firearms stored in close proximity to ammunition
  • Increases the penalty for failing to safely store a firearm that a minor gains access to from a second-degree misdemeanor to a first-degree misdemeanor
  • Creates a new third-degree felony when unsafe storage leads to a minor accessing a firearm and discharging it (not in self-defense), causing bodily harm to any person, or giving it to another person who does so
  • Establishes a second-degree misdemeanor for unsafely storing a firearm in a conveyance in a manner that exposes it to a heightened likelihood of theft, with a presumption of safe storage if the firearm is in a lockbox, locked safe, has a trigger lock, is in a locked vehicle out of plain view (for handguns), or is under the owner's immediate control
  • Defines "minor" as any person under age 16 and sets an effective date of July 1, 2024

Legislative Description

Safe Storage of Firearms

Last Action

Died in Criminal Justice

3/8/2024

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