SB87 - Removes the requirement that certain otherwise unlawful uses of a weapon be reasonably associated with, or necessary to, fulfill a person's official duties in order to be lawful

SB 87

Removes the requirement that certain otherwise unlawful uses of a weapon be reasonably associated with, or necessary to, fulfill a person's official duties in order to be lawful

Sponsor:	Parson
LR Number:	0710S.01I	Fiscal Note:	0710-01N.ORG
Committee:	Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence
Last Action:	1/20/2011 - Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee	Journal Page:	S125
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Effective Date:	August 28, 2011

List of 2011 Senate Bills

Current Bill Summary

SB 87 – Current law exempts peace officers, jailers, members of the military, members of the judiciary, persons executing process, probation and parole officers, federal probation officers, federal flight deck officers, corporate security advisors, coroners, prosecuting attorneys, assistant prosecuting attorneys, circuit attorneys, and assistant circuit attorneys from provisions prohibiting certain uses of a weapon so long as their acts are associated, with or necessary to, their official duties. Such acts include: carrying a concealed firearm without an endorsement; shooting into a dwelling; exhibiting a weapon in a threatening manner; discharging a firearm within 100 yards of a school, courthouse, or church; discharging a firearm along a highway; carrying a firearm into a church or election precinct; discharging a firearm at or from a vehicle at a person; and carrying a firearm into a school.

This act removes the requirement that the otherwise unlawful uses of a weapon be reasonably associated with, or necessary to, fulfill a person's official duties in order for such uses to be exempted from the law.

This act is similar to a provision of SS/SCS/HCS/HB 294 (2011).

MEGHAN LUECKE