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OH HB495
Bill
Status
3/27/2013
Primary Sponsor
Gary Scherer
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AI Summary
HB 495 Summary
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Eliminates the requirement for competency certification renewal for concealed handgun license holders, streamlining the renewal process to require only recertification that the applicant has reread the firearms safety pamphlet.
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Revises the definition of "unloaded" for firearms in motor vehicles to allow loaded magazines or speed loaders to be stored separately in vehicle compartments or containers, rather than prohibiting them entirely within the vehicle.
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Permits any person to lawfully possess, store, or leave a firearm in a locked motor vehicle parked in the State Underground Parking Garage at the Capitol building or the Riffe Center Parking Garage in Columbus.
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Simplifies concealed handgun licensing terminology throughout Ohio law by standardizing language around "concealed handgun license" and creating definitions for "valid concealed handgun license" to encompass licenses from Ohio, other states with reciprocity agreements, and temporary emergency licenses.
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Allows sheriffs to fund ammunition costs for concealed handgun training courses using county concealed handgun license fee revenues.
Legislative Description
To repeal the competency certification currently required for renewal of a concealed handgun license; to revise the definition of "unloaded" that applies to the offense of "improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle" and the related vessel-based offense; to specify the authority of any person to store a firearm in the Statehouse Underground Parking Garage or the Riffe Center Parking Garage; and to simplify, through the use of new definitions, the law regarding concealed handgun licenses.
Concealed handgun licensing-revisions
Last Action
Effective Date
3/27/2013