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OH HB129
Bill
Status
4/8/2009
Primary Sponsor
John Adams
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AI Summary
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Allows permitless concealed carry of handguns for individuals who qualify for a license and are legally permitted to purchase handguns, removing the requirement to obtain an official concealed carry license (except on liquor permit premises).
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Eliminates duty-to-inform requirements for license holders to carry the physical license or inform law enforcement officers about carrying a concealed handgun during stops.
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Removes restrictions on carrying concealed handguns in colleges, universities, places of worship, day-care centers, homes, and most government buildings (retaining restrictions only for schools, courthouses, law enforcement offices, and correctional facilities).
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Simplifies vehicle firearm regulations by removing storage requirements (plain sight/secure encasement standards) and replacing concealed carry licensee prohibitions with a single ban on menacing, threatening, or pointing a loaded handgun at law enforcement officers during vehicle stops.
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Requires sheriffs to return expired concealed carry licenses to licensees or destroy them when issuing renewals, and removes the requirement to submit competency certifications upon license renewal.
Legislative Description
To authorize a person to carry a concealed handgun without obtaining a license to the same extent as if the person had obtained such a license, except on liquor permit premises, if the person qualifies for a concealed carry license and is legally permitted to purchase a handgun; to remove the requirements that a concealed carry licensee must be carrying the license in order to carry a concealed handgun, must inform approaching law enforcement officers that the person has a license and is carrying the handgun when the person is carrying a concealed handgun, and must submit a new or renewed competency certification when renewing the license; to eliminate as premises in which a concealed carry licensee may not carry a concealed handgun public or private institutions of higher education, places of worship, day-care centers and homes, and government buildings other than schools, courthouses, law enforcement offices, and correctional facilities; to replace the prohibitions that apply only to a concealed carry licensee who is carrying a handgun in a motor vehicle with a prohibition against a licensee who is in a motor vehicle that is stopped by a law enforcement officer knowingly menacing or threatening an officer with a loaded handgun or knowingly pointing a loaded handgun at an officer; to remove the "in plain sight or secure encasement" criterion that a concealed carry licensee must satisfy to legally possess a handgun in a motor vehicle; and to require a sheriff who issues a renewed concealed carry license to return the expired license to the licensee or destroy it.
Concealed carry handgun law
Last Action
To Public Safety & Homeland Security
4/8/2009