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OH HB256
Bill
Status
6/9/2011
Primary Sponsor
John Adams
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AI Summary
HB 256 Summary
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Constitutional Carry Provision: Allows persons who qualify for a concealed carry license and are legally permitted to purchase a handgun to carry concealed handguns without obtaining a license, with the same rights as licensed carriers (except on liquor permit premises).
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Removed License Requirements: Eliminates requirements that licensees must carry their physical license, inform law enforcement of their status during stops, or submit competency certifications when renewing licenses.
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Expanded Carry Locations: Removes prohibitions on carrying concealed handguns in colleges/universities, places of worship, day-care facilities, and most government buildings (retaining only courthouses, law enforcement offices, schools, and correctional facilities).
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Modified Vehicle Restrictions: Replaces detailed regulations on handgun transport/positioning in vehicles with a single prohibition against menacing, threatening, or pointing a loaded handgun at law enforcement officers during traffic stops; adds self-defense exception for firearm discharge from vehicles.
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License Renewal Changes: Requires sheriffs to return expired licenses to licensees or destroy them when issuing renewals; eliminates requirement to resubmit competency certifications upon 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 laws-revisions
Last Action
To State Government & Elections
6/9/2011