2000 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 234

File Code: Public Safety Prior Year Introduction As: SB 234/99 - JPR
Sponsored By:
Senators Ferguson, Jimeno, Haines, Stone, Colburn, DeGrange, Mooney, Dyson, Harris, Jacobs, Hooper, Stoltzfus, Hafer, and Munson
Entitled:
Self-Defense Act - Rule of Law

Synopsis:

Raising the age requirement for a holder of a permit to carry a handgun from 18 to 21 years of age or older; requiring that an applicant for a permit be certified by a qualified handgun instructor; establishing certification requirements; establishing requirements for issuance of a qualified handgun instructor's card; establishing a 45-day period in which the Secretary of the State Police must issue a permit after an approved application; authorizing the Secretary to deny, suspend, or revoke a card or reprimand a cardholder; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
1/27
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2/9
Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
4/5
Motion place bill on Second Reading (Senator Ferguson) Rejected (16-28)
House Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Senator Timothy R. Ferguson, District 4
Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
Senator Larry E. Haines, District 5
Senator Andrew P. Harris, District 9
Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
Senator Philip C. Jimeno, District 31
Senator Alexander X. Mooney, District 3
Senator Donald F. Munson, District 2
Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus, District 38
Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 7
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
EDUCATION -see also- DRIVER ED; HIGHER ED; SPECIAL ED; etc
FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
GUNS
LICENSES -see also- ALCOHOLIC BEV LIC; DRIVERS' LICENSES
MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; YOUTH
NOTICES
SAFETY -see also- OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
SELF DEFENSE
STATE POLICE, DEPARTMENT OF
TEACHERS
WEAPONS -see also- GUNS
Bill affects the following Statute:
Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
( 36E )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered
Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
Senate
April 5, 2000: Motion place bill on Second Reading (Ferguson) Rejected (16-28)