Bill > HB626

Introduced Session

Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions; public institutions of higher education; penalty. Limits the exemption from the prohibition on the carrying of any firearm or explosive material within any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or agency thereof or any office where employees of the Commonwealth or any agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties that currently applies to any property owned or operated by a public institution of higher education to instead apply to any individual within a building owned or operated by a public institution of higher education who possesses a weapon as part of such public institution of higher education's curriculum or activities or as part of any organization authorized by such public institution of higher education to conduct its programs or activities within such building, as such uses are approved through the law-enforcement or public safety unit of such institution.

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Katrina Callsen (D)*,  Jessica Anderson (D),  Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D),  Nicole Cole (D),  Rae Cousins (D),  Mark Downey (D),  Lily Franklin (D),  Amy Laufer (D),  Fernando Martinez (D),  Marcia Price (D),  Kathy Tran (D), 

Senate Courts of Justice Hearing (08:00:00 2/23/2026 Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building) (on 02/23/2026)

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