Florida Senate - 2025                                    SB 1248
       
       
        
       By Senator Collins
       
       
       
       
       
       14-01401-25                                           20251248__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to carrying concealed weapons and
    3         firearms into athletic events; amending s. 790.06,
    4         F.S.; revising the list of places into which a person
    5         may not carry a handgun or a concealed weapon or
    6         concealed firearm to allow actively sworn law
    7         enforcement officers to carry concealed weapons and
    8         concealed firearms into certain athletic events when
    9         attending as a private citizen; providing an effective
   10         date.
   11          
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   13  
   14         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (12) of section
   15  790.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   16         790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or concealed
   17  firearm.—
   18         (12)(a) A license issued under this section does not
   19  authorize any person to openly carry a handgun or carry a
   20  concealed weapon or concealed firearm into:
   21         1. Any place of nuisance as defined in s. 823.05;
   22         2. Any police, sheriff, or highway patrol station;
   23         3. Any detention facility, prison, or jail;
   24         4. Any courthouse;
   25         5. Any courtroom, except that nothing in this section does
   26  not preclude precludes a judge from carrying a concealed weapon
   27  or concealed firearm or determining who will carry a concealed
   28  weapon or concealed firearm in his or her courtroom;
   29         6. Any polling place;
   30         7. Any meeting of the governing body of a county, public
   31  school district, municipality, or special district;
   32         8. Any meeting of the Legislature or a committee thereof;
   33         9. Any school, college, or professional athletic event not
   34  related to firearms, except that this section does not preclude
   35  an actively sworn law enforcement officer as defined in s.
   36  943.10(1) from carrying a concealed weapon or concealed firearm
   37  when attending such event as a private citizen;
   38         10. Any elementary or secondary school facility or
   39  administration building;
   40         11. Any career center;
   41         12. Any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense
   42  alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, which
   43  portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to such
   44  purpose;
   45         13. Any college or university facility unless the licensee
   46  is a registered student, employee, or faculty member of such
   47  college or university and the weapon is a stun gun or nonlethal
   48  electric weapon or device designed solely for defensive purposes
   49  and the weapon does not fire a dart or projectile;
   50         14. The inside of the passenger terminal and sterile area
   51  of any airport, provided that a no person may not shall be
   52  prohibited from carrying any legal firearm into the terminal,
   53  which firearm is encased for shipment for purposes of checking
   54  such firearm as baggage to be lawfully transported on any
   55  aircraft; or
   56         15. Any place where the carrying of firearms is prohibited
   57  by federal law.
   58         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.