H.B. No. 590 - Summary

• Concealed handgun licensees who carry on prohibited property are subject to removal but not guilty of violating the prohibition, unless they refuse to leave or return within 30 days.

• A licensee who refuses to leave premises upon request or returns within 30 days while carrying a firearm is guilty of disorderly conduct (a fourth-degree misdemeanor).

• Private property owners who post signs prohibiting firearms assume liability responsibility and are not immune from lawsuits for injuries caused by their decision to prohibit firearms.

• Creates new section 2917.11(C) establishing disorderly conduct violations for licensees' failure to comply with removal requests from prohibited premises.

• Modifies sections 2923.12, 2923.121, 2923.122, and 2923.123 to provide removal procedures rather than arrest for valid licensees carrying on prohibited property.