HB 454

Abstract

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. This bill is identical to SB 383.

Carrying a firearm or explosive material withinCapitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions;public institutions of higher education; penalty. Limits theexemption from the prohibition on the carrying of any firearm orexplosive material within any building owned or leased by the Commonwealthor agency thereof or any office where employees of the Commonwealthor any agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performingtheir official duties that currently applies to any property ownedor operated by a public institution of higher education to insteadapply to any individual within a building owned or operated by a public institution of higher education who possesses a weapon as part ofsuch public institution of higher education's curriculum or activitiesor as part of any organization authorized by such public institutionof higher education to conduct its programs or activities withinsuch building.