Vetoed by Governor Phil Scott

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes a ban on guns from hospitals and creates a study to determine whether or not guns should be banned from the capitol.

Highlights:

• Prohibits an individual from knowingly possessing a firearm while within a hospital building and specifies that violators shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $250 or both (Sec. 1).

• Exempts law enforcement officers from the aforementioned provision (Sec. 1).

• Requires notice of firearm prohibitions in hospital buildings posted conspicuously in front of each public entrance (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits an individual from transferring a firearm to another individual if (Sec. 2):

• The transfer requires a background check under federal or state law; and

• The licensed dealer facilitating the transfer has not been provided with a unique identification number for the transfer by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

• Specifies that if the aforementioned identification number has not been provided within 30 days then the firearm transfer may proceed (Sec. 2).

• Establishes that this act shall take effect July 1, 2022 (Sec. 7).

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Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes a ban on guns from hospitals and creates a study to determine whether or not guns should be banned from the capitol.

Highlights:

• Prohibits an individual from knowingly possessing a firearm while within a hospital building and specifies that violators shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000 or both (Sec. 1).

• Exempts law enforcement officers from the aforementioned provision (Sec. 1).

• Requires notice of firearm prohibitions in hospital buildings posted conspicuously in front of each public entrance (Sec. 1).

• Requires the Capitol Complex Security Advisory Committee report to the Joint Oversight Committee on the regulation of firearms in the Capitol Complex, and specifies that the report shall cover the following, including (Sec. 2):

• Summarize how the possession of firearms at the Capitol Complex is currently regulated; 

• Describe situations when individuals have impermissibly possessed firearms at the Capitol Complex and how those situations are typically handled; and

• Recommending whether and how the issue of firearms in the Capitol Complex should be addressed in legislation.

• Establishes that this act shall take effect July 1, 2021 (Sec. 3).

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