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OH HB422
Bill
Status
1/24/2012
Primary Sponsor
John Adams
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AI Summary
HB 422 Summary
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Eliminates requirements for concealed carry licensees to inform law enforcement officers of their license status and gun possession during traffic stops or other law enforcement encounters.
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Removes requirements for licensees to keep their hands in plain sight during law enforcement stops, though they must still comply with lawful orders and cannot touch their weapons without permission.
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Revises the definition of "unloaded" for firearms in motor vehicles to only require the firearm itself to be unloaded, eliminating the prior requirement that magazines and speed loaders also be unloaded.
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Repeals automatic license suspensions for certain misdemeanor violations related to improper handling of firearms during motor vehicle stops.
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Makes conforming changes to firearm-related statutes to align with amendments made by Sub. S.B. 17 of the 129th General Assembly.
Legislative Description
To repeal requirements that a concealed carry licensee inform an approaching law enforcement officer that the licensee is a licensee and is carrying a concealed handgun and keep the licensee's hands in plain sight after the officer begins approaching and until the officer leaves; to remove from a general requirement that a licensee stopped for a law enforcement purpose comply with lawful orders of a law enforcement officer a reference to orders to keep the licensee's hands in sight; to revise the definition of "unloaded" that applies to the offense of "improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle"; to repeal the concealed carry license suspension required for certain misdemeanor convictions of that offense; and to conform certain provisions to changes to that offense made by Sub. S.B. 17 of the 129th General Assembly.
Concealed carry-revisions
Last Action
To State Government & Elections
1/24/2012