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Committee accepts bill request to remove handgun exception for school grounds
Summary
Representative Foy requested RS 3,176 to remove an exception that currently allows individuals over 21 or with a provisional license to possess a concealed handgun on school property or at school-sponsored events; the chair accepted the bill request without objection and scheduled the topic for a future hearing.
Representative Foy asked the Committee on Federal and State Affairs to accept a bill request (RS 3,176) described as "an act removing a current exception to the criminal use of weapons statute that allows any individual over the age of 21 or with a provisional license to possess a concealed handgun in or on school property or grounds or any regularly scheduled school sponsor activity or event." The chair asked for questions and, when none were raised, stated "without objection, bill accepted." No additional debate or testimony occurred at the meeting on the request, and the committee moved on to scheduled hearings.
The committee record shows the bill request was accepted at the start of the meeting and will be included in the committee's files for consideration; no formal hearing, amendment or vote on the substantive proposal was recorded in the hearing transcript.
