SENATE BILL 351

File Code: Public Safety Prior Year Introduction As: SB 343/96 - JPR

Sponsored By:

Senator Ferguson

Entitled:

Handgun Permits - Course Requirements - Qualified Instructors

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 State Police must issue a permit after an approved application; authorizing the Secretary to deny, suspend, or revoke a card or reprimand a card holder.

Legislative History

Senate Action

1/27

First Reading Judicial Proceedings

2/5

Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.

4/7

Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings

House Action

No Action

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

EDUCATION -see also- PUBLIC SCHOOLS; SPECIAL ED.; HIGHER ED.

GUNS -see also- HUNTING

LICENSES -see also- ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES LICENSES

MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; JUVENILE CAUSES; YOUTH

SAFETY -see also- OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

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)