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Senate approves bill limiting liability for employers on firearm possession in vehicles but carves out homeland‑security exemptions
Summary
First substitute SB78, protecting certain constitutionally guaranteed activities in private venues and setting rules for firearms in employee vehicles, passed 25–4 after floor amendment; senators added a narrow exemption for Department of Homeland Security‑designated facilities amid debate over security and reasonable accommodations.
The Senate passed the first substitute to Senate Bill 78, a measure addressing constitutionally guaranteed activities in certain private venues and establishing rules about firearms kept in vehicles on private property.
Senator Madsen described the bill as balancing employees’ expectation of privacy with employers’ property rights and said the…
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