2017 Senate Bill 584 ↩

Senate Roll Call 455: Passed

To authorize an exemption from the “gun free zone” restrictions in the law authorizing shall-issue concealed pistol licenses, if a licensee applies for an exemption and meets certain additional training requirements (eight hours of extra instruction that includes firing at least 94 rounds of ammunition on a range). A person renewing a license with this exemption would have to take at least three hours of review training. No-carry zones include schools, day care facilities, sports stadiums or arenas, bars, bar/restaurants, places of worship, college dorms and classrooms, hospitals, casinos, large entertainment facilities and courts. Under the bill, private property owners could still ban guns, schools could prohibit teachers and staff from carrying guns, colleges and universities could still restrict guns, and licensees could not openly carry a gun in a no-carry zone.