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HB 2026 (Dead - Failed to moved before deadline)
Harper - peace officers; firearms; school grounds
Exempts all AZPOST certified peace officers from any rule in any political division of Arizona forbidding them from carrying a firearm, with specific listed exceptions. Also includes all schools in the definition of “political subdivision,” and some technical corrections to a similar bill passed in a previous session.
AzCDL supports this bill.
HB 2027 (Dead - Failed to moved before deadline)
Kavanagh - weapons; peace officers; posse; reserves
Allows AZPOST certified members of the Sheriff’s Posse or Reserves to carry concealed weapons without obtaining a CCW permit.
AzCDL supports this bill.
HB 2171 (Dead - Failed to moved before deadline)
Antenori - firearms; restaurants
Firearms must be permitted in certain restaurants if they derive more than 50% of their gross revenue from the sale of food.
AzCDL supports the concept of Restaurant Carry and supports this bill. It needs some work, but is a good start. We will attempt to work with the sponsor to secure needed amendments during the legislative process.
HB 2174 (Dead - Failed to moved before deadline)
Antenori - firearms; game refuges
Allows the carrying of firearms on game refuges by CCW permit holders.
AzCDL supports this bill.
HB 2177 (Dead - Failed to move before deadline)
Konopnicki - national park support districts (NOW: firearms; game refuges)
Strike-everything amendment now allows the carrying of firearms on game refuges by CCW permits holders.
AzCDL supports this bill as amended.
HB 2235 (Dead - Failed to moved before deadline)
Weiers JP - game and fish commissioners; appointment
Requires all appointments to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission to be an Arizona resident for at least ten years, and to be a continuously registered member of the same political party or an independent, and to hold a valid hunting or hunting/fishing license for at least five years. Also requires all applications for appointments to the Commission to be public records.
AzCDL supports this bill.
HB 2386 (Dead - Failed to moved before deadline)
Ableser - firearms; prohibition; post secondary institutions
Would add “post secondary educational institution” (i.e., colleges and universities) to the statutory definition of “school,” and create a new Class 6 Felony for carrying a deadly weapon there.
AzCDL strongly opposes this bill.
HB 2418 (Dead - Failed to moved before deadline)
Gowan - concealed weapons; federal firearms licensee
Allows holders of Federal manufacturer, importer, or dealer licenses to bypass the training requirements for obtaining a CCW permit.
AzCDL supports this bill.
HB 2420 (Dead - Failed to moved before deadline)
McGuire - misconduct involving weapons; vehicles
Creates and exception to the weapons misconduct statute for weapons carried inside a vehicle in a closed purse belonging to a CCW permit holder.
AzCDL supports this bill.
HB 2439 (Passed in the Senate 18-5 with 7 not voting, but failed on House Final Read 30-10 (31 were needed to pass) and 20 not voting)
Kavanagh - concealed weapons permit; safety course
Provides an alternative 3 hour CCW course that deals only with legal issues to replace the required 8 hour training requirement for qualified individuals who can show proof of prior firearms training.
AzCDL requested this bill and strongly supports it.
HB 2474 (Dead - Failed to moved before deadline)
Kavanagh - firearms; storage; motor vehicles
Prevents any private or public employer, property owner, etc. from banning any person from keeping a firearm in a locked vehicle in a parking area on the property, with specific, limited exceptions.
AzCDL supports this bill.
HB 2484 (Dead - Failed to moved before deadline)
Lujan - misconduct involving weapons; fraudulent transactions
Creates a new, state level, “straw purchase” crime that goes much further than the Federal statute, and would also be a “racketeering” predicate. As is typical, it is far too broadly written, subjective, and overreaches on a grand scale.
AzCDL strongly opposes this bill.
HB 2532 (Signed by the Governor 7/13/09)
Ash - prohibited possessors; persistently, acutely disabled
A somewhat vaguely written attempt to provide a more concrete means for people who have been found incompetent to bear arms due to mental disability to have their rights restored.
AzCDL is neutral on this bill.
HB 2552 (Dead - Failed to moved before deadline)
Tovar - sentencing; prohibited possessors
Makes the use of deadly weapon by a prohibited possessor in the commission of certain crimes an aggravating factor or sentencing enhancement during court proceedings.
AzCDL is neutral on this bill.
HB 2566 (Dead - Failed to move before deadline)
Driggs - nuclear security guards; weapons; ranges
Exempts armed guards at nuclear generating stations in the performance of their official duties from several subsections of the “misconduct involving weapons” statute, including carrying concealed without a permit, possessing a prohibited weapon, possessing a defaced weapon, carrying in a public establishment or event, carrying in a polling place, and carrying on school grounds. Would also exempt law enforcement, military, and armed nuclear security guard training ranges from statutory noise standards that apply to public shooting ranges. We see no practical need for such a broad range of exemptions from criminal conduct.
AzCDL opposes this bill.
HB 2607 (Dead - Failed to moved before deadline)
Biggs - schools; disruption; interference; concealed firearms
Removes the authority of a governing board to prohibit a person who possesses a CCW permit from carrying a concealed firearm on the property of an education institution (i.e., College or University).
AzCDL strongly supports this bill.
SB 1113 (Signed by the Governor 7/13/09)
Harper - handguns; restaurants; posting
Concealed firearms, carried by CCW permit holders, are allowed in establishments serving alcohol if signs are not posted forbidding firearms, and the person possessing the firearm does not consume alcohol.
SB 1167 (Dead - Failed to move before deadline)
Pearce - weapons; misconduct; application
Adds community correctional officers and special investigators of the state department of corrections, who are weapons qualified, to the list of exemptions to various types of misconduct involving weapons.
AzCDL is neutral on this bill.
SB 1168 (Signed by the Governor 7/13/09)
Pearce - federal monies; report
(NOW: storage; forearms; motor vehicles
Original bill was amended an replaced with the language of HB 2474, preventing any private or public employer, property owner, etc. from banning any person from keeping a firearm in a locked vehicle in a parking area on the property, with specific, limited exceptions.
AzCDL supports this bill.
SB 1242 (Signed by the Governor 7/13/09)
Pearce - weapons; peace officers; posse; reserves
Allows Sheriff’s Posse and Reserve officers who are firearms certified to carry concealed weapons without a permit.
AzCDL supports this bill.
SB 1243 (Signed by the Governor 7/13/09)
Pearce - justification; defensive display of firearms
Establishes a justification defense for referring to, showing, or grasping a firearm in a defensive manner when confronted with physical or deadly force.
AzCDL requested this legislation and strongly supports it.
SB 1270 (Dead - Failed to move before deadline)
Allen - firearms possession; concealed weapons permit
Removes the penalty for lawfully carrying a concealed weapon without a permit under ordinary circumstances, while increasing the penalty for carrying a concealed weapon during the commission of a serious or violent crime. These changes would also add additional incentives to obtain a permit by granting permit holders permission to carry a weapon in places that they were previously unable to.
AzCDL requested this legislation and strongly supports it.
SB 1437 (Signed by the Governor 7/13/09)
Melvin - schools; gun safety instructors; certification
Allows the Arizona Gun Safety Program to be taught by instructors certified by “a national association of firearms owners.” Needs some work, but a good start.
AzCDL supports this bill.
SB 1449 (Signed by the Governor 7/13/09)
Gray L - applicability; self-defense
Would make the 2006 Castle Doctrine/Burden of Proof changes retroactively applicable to all cases pending at the time of passage that the defendant had not pled guilty to. Similar to a bill that the previous Governor vetoed.
AzCDL supports this bill.
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