2004 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 137

File Code: Public Safety
Sponsored By:
Senators Mooney, Brinkley, Colburn, Greenip, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Jimeno, Klausmeier, Stoltzfus, and Stone
Entitled:
Self-Defense Act - Rule of Law

Synopsis:

Altering specified requirements for the issuance of handgun permits; repealing the requirement that the Secretary of State Police find that an applicant seeking a permit has a good and substantial reason to wear, carry, or transport a handgun; establishing a 45-day period within which the Secretary must issue a permit to carry a handgun after an application is approved; requiring that an individual be certified by a qualified handgun instructor before receiving a permit; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
1/22
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2/11
Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
3/30
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
House Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Senator Alexander X. Mooney, District 3
Senator David R. Brinkley, District 4
Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
Senator Janet Greenip, District 33
Senator Larry E. Haines, District 5
Senator Andrew P. Harris, District 7
Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
Senator Philip C. Jimeno, District 31
Senator Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus, District 38
Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
EDUCATION -see also- DRIVER ED; HIGHER ED; SPECIAL ED; etc
EXAMINATIONS
FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
GUNS
HEARINGS
LICENSES -see also- ALCOHOLIC BEV LIC; DRIVERS' LICENSES
NOTICES
SAFETY -see also- OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
STATE POLICE, DEPARTMENT OF
TEACHERS
WEAPONS -see also- GUNS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Public Safety
( 5-301 , 5-303 , 5-304 , 5-306 , 5-307 , 5-309 , 5-311 , 5-312 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered