Committee on Local Government receives three bill introductions on publication notices, firearms sales and concealed-carry limits

The Committee on Local Government opened the meeting’s bill-introduction period to the public and received three formal bill introductions, each accepted "without objection" and entered into the committee record.

Representative Ken Rogers, 110th District, asked to introduce draft RS 0708, described in the hearing as a bill "dealing with publications." Committee members consented and the chairman ordered the draft introduced "without objection."

A second speaker identified only as a representative (name not specified in the transcript) asked to introduce two bills. The speaker said the first, 25rs0402, "returns to local control the decision whether or not to sell firearms on City property." The second, 25rs0409, was described as returning to local control "the ability of municipalities to limit concealed carry in municipally owned buildings that have a security plan in place." Both items were introduced "without objection," according to the transcript.

Status: All three measures were introduced and will proceed through committee consideration. Committee staff reminded attendees that the committee has a few additional working days for bill introduction (the first Monday in February was cited as an internal deadline for receipt of additional bills) and noted an upcoming hearing on Wednesday concerning bill 2025-[not specified further in the transcript].

Because the transcript records introductions but no formal roll-call votes, the record shows unanimous acceptance for introduction rather than a recorded vote tally.