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IN SB0493
Bill
AI Summary
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Grants immunity from administrative sanctions for firearm possession on postsecondary educational institution property when a legally-owned firearm is stolen from the owner's vehicle through illegal entry and the theft is reported to law enforcement
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Immunity does not apply to individuals who knowingly or intentionally possess firearms or ammunition in violation of institutional regulations prohibiting such possession
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Places the burden of proof on the person claiming immunity to demonstrate by a preponderance of evidence that they did not knowingly or intentionally violate firearm possession regulations
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Defines "law enforcement agency" to include agencies of the state, political subdivisions, or approved postsecondary educational institutions whose principal function is criminal law enforcement
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Effective date: July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
Employer firearms policies. Provides that a person who: (1) discovers, as a result of an illegal entry into a motor vehicle owned or possessed by the person, that a firearm legally owned or possessed by the person was stolen from the motor vehicle; and (2) reports the theft of the firearm from the motor vehicle to a law enforcement agency; is immune from any adverse administrative sanction concerning the possession of a firearm or ammunition on the property of an approved postsecondary educational institution in certain instances. Provides that a person is required to prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the person did not knowingly or intentionally violate any administrative regulation or comparable prohibition concerning the possession of a firearm or ammunition on the property of an approved postsecondary educational institution when raising the defense of immunity.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/14/2019