Florida Senate - 2019                                     SB 364
       
       
        
       By Senator Braynon
       
       
       
       
       
       35-00239-19                                            2019364__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to prohibited places for weapons and
    3         firearms; amending s. 790.06, F.S.; revising the
    4         locations where a licensee is prohibited from openly
    5         carrying a handgun or carrying a concealed weapon or
    6         firearm; providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    9  
   10         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (12) of section
   11  790.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.—
   13         (12)(a) A license issued under this section does not
   14  authorize any person to openly carry a handgun or carry a
   15  concealed weapon or firearm into:
   16         1. Any place of nuisance as defined in s. 823.05;
   17         2. Any police, sheriff, or highway patrol station;
   18         3. Any detention facility, prison, or jail;
   19         4. Any courthouse;
   20         5. Any courtroom, except that nothing in this section would
   21  preclude a judge from carrying a concealed weapon or determining
   22  who will carry a concealed weapon in his or her courtroom;
   23         6. Any polling place;
   24         7. Any meeting of the governing body of a county, public
   25  school district, municipality, or special district;
   26         8. Any meeting of the Legislature or a committee thereof;
   27         9. Any school, college, or professional athletic event not
   28  related to firearms;
   29         10. Any elementary or secondary school facility or
   30  administration building;
   31         11. Any career center;
   32         12. Any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense
   33  alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, which
   34  portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to such
   35  purpose;
   36         13. Any college or university facility unless the licensee
   37  is a registered student, employee, or faculty member of such
   38  college or university and the weapon is a stun gun or nonlethal
   39  electric weapon or device designed solely for defensive purposes
   40  and the weapon does not fire a dart or projectile;
   41         14. The inside of the passenger terminal and sterile area
   42  of any airport, provided that no person shall be prohibited from
   43  carrying any legal firearm into the terminal, which firearm is
   44  encased for shipment for purposes of checking such firearm as
   45  baggage to be lawfully transported on any aircraft; or
   46         15. Any performing arts center or legitimate theater; or
   47         16.15. Any place where the carrying of firearms is
   48  prohibited by federal law.
   49         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.