2009-2010 Bill 3994: Firearms - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 118th Session, 2009-2010 3 4 H. 3994 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 General Bill 9 Sponsors: Reps. G.R. Smith, Parker, Loftis, Pinson, Allison, Crawford, Delleney, Gilliard, Hamilton, 10 Jefferson, Littlejohn, Lowe, McEachern, Millwood, Simrill, J.R. Smith, T.R. Young, Willis, Horne, 11 Bedingfield, Nanney, Hutto, Wylie, Agnew, Long, Owens, Rice, Duncan, Vick and Cato 12 Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5883cm09.docx 13 14 Introduced in the House on April 29, 2009 15 Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary 16 17 Summary: Firearms 18 19 20 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 21 22 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 23 4/29/2009 House Introduced and read first time HJ100 24 4/29/2009 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ100 25 5/21/2009 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Willis 26 2/25/2010 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Horne 27 3/10/2010 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bedingfield, Nanney 28 3/11/2010 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hutto 29 3/24/2010 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wylie 30 3/25/2010 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Agnew, Long, Owens, Rice 31 4/13/2010 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Duncan 32 4/14/2010 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Vick 33 5/18/2010 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cato 34 35 36 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 37 38 4/29/2009 39 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A BILL 10 11 TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 12 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 2 TO CHAPTER 31, TITLE 23 13 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON MAY NOT 14 ESTABLISH A POLICY OR RULE THAT PROHIBITS 15 CERTAIN PERSONS FROM TRANSPORTING AND STORING 16 FIREARMS IN A LOCKED VEHICLE ON PROPERTY SET 17 ASIDE FOR A VEHICLE. 18 19 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 20 Carolina: 21 22 SECTION 1. Chapter 31, Title 23 of the 1976 Code is amended 23 by adding: 24 25 “Article 2 26 27 Transportation and Storage of Firearms in a Locked Vehicle 28 29 Section 233150. A person, property owner, tenant, employer, or 30 business entity may not establish a policy or rule that prohibits a 31 person, except a convicted felon, from transporting and storing 32 firearms in a locked vehicle on property set aside for the vehicle.” 33 34 SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the 35 Governor. 36 XX 37

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