Signed by Governor Asa Hutchinson

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that authorizes concealed carry in government buildings, parks, and property.

Highlights:

• Establishes the following regulations concerning a person who possesses and carries a concealed handgun with a license to carry a concealed handgun (Sec. 1.A.i):

• If the place does not have a roadway entrance, there will be a written notice placed anywhere upon the premises of the place;

• There will be at least 1 written notice posted within every 3 acres of a place with no roadway entrance;

• A written notice is not required for a private home; and

• Any licensee entering a private home will notify the occupant that the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun.

• Specifies this law does not apply if the place is (Sec. 1.B):

• A public university, public college, or community college, and the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun;

• A publicly owned and maintained parking lot if the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun in his or her motor vehicle or has left the concealed handgun in his or her locked and unattended motor vehicle;

• A parking lot of a private employer and the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun; or

• A place owned, controlled, or operated by a local unit of government if the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun unless the place is a part of a building licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises.

• Establishes the person or entity exercising control over the physical location of a place that does not use his, her, or its authority to prohibit a person from possessing a concealed handgun is immune from a claim for monetary damages arising from or related to the decision not to place at each entrance to the place a written notice (Sec. 1.C).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that authorizes concealed carry in government buildings, parks, and property.

Highlights:

• Establishes the following regulations concerning a person who possesses and carries a concealed handgun with a license to carry a concealed handgun (Sec. 1.A.i):

• If the place does not have a roadway entrance, there will be a written notice placed anywhere upon the premises of the place;

• There will be at least 1 written notice posted within every 3 acres of a place with no roadway entrance;

• A written notice is not required for a private home; and

• Any licensee entering a private home will notify the occupant that the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun.

• Specifies this law does not apply if the place is (Sec. 1.B):

• A public university, public college, or community college, and the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun;

• A publicly owned and maintained parking lot if the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun in his or her motor vehicle or has left the concealed handgun in his or her locked and unattended motor vehicle;

• A parking lot of a private employer and the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun; or

• A place owned, controlled, or operated by a local unit of government if the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun unless the place is a part of a building licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises.

• Establishes the person or entity exercising control over the physical location of a place that does not use his, her, or its authority to prohibit a person from possessing a concealed handgun is immune from a claim for monetary damages arising from or related to the decision not to place at each entrance to the place a written notice (Sec. 1.C).

Full Bill Text