This bill from last secession would have prevented employers from terminating employees who keep a firearm locked in their vehicle while at work, and would have provided businesses protection against lawsuits.
I know this bill passed the House in May of last year, but don't believe it went anywhere in the Senate. Has anyone heard if the bill is going to be reintroduced this year?
HB 1400 -- Business Premises Safety Act
Sponsor: Cox
This bill establishes the Business Premises Safety Act which
prohibits business owners and operators from restricting any
person from lawfully possessing a firearm in a motor vehicle
except in a vehicle owned or leased by the business. Business
owners, operators, merchants, and shopkeepers do not have a duty
to guard against the criminal act of a third party unless they
know or have reason to know that the acts are occurring or are
about to occur that pose imminent injury to a person or that the
same criminal acts have occurred on the premises within the prior
24 months and is likely to occur again. In either case, it will
be their duty to use reasonable care to protect against the acts.
An owner or operator of a business will not be liable for any
injury or damage resulting from compliance with these provisions.
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Proposed Effective Date: 08/28/2010
Last Action: 05/11/2010 - Placed on Informal Calendar
HB 1400, which would establish the Business
Premises Safety Act, by a vote of 113-40.
Is all I can find on it. Call your state house and ask them the status of HB 1400.
