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Committee advances bill extending firearm-immunity to government property

Public Utilities and Energy Committee · February 18, 2026
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Summary

HB 534 would extend existing immunity for private property owners who allow firearms to state and local government entities that allow firearms on their property. The committee voted unanimously to advance the bill after sponsor remarks and member questions about scope and accidental discharges.

The Public Utilities and Energy Committee voted to advance House Bill 534, which would extend to state and local government entities the civil‑immunity treatment currently available to private property owners that allow people to carry firearms on their property.

Representative Ivory, the bill sponsor, told the committee the bill "provides the same incentive to the state and subdivisions" as…

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