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HB 2068 (Dead - Failed to move before Adjournment)
Weiers JP - private enterprise; game; fish; fund
Creates the Youth and Women’s Shooting Sports Fund (Fund) and allows the Arizona Game and Fish Commission (Commission) to sell goods and services.
AzCDL supports this bill.
HB 2222 (Dead - Failed to move before deadline)
McClure - misconduct involving weapons; real property
Clarifies the right to carry a concealed weapon, without needing a concealed weapons permit, on property or in vehicles that is owned, leased or rented, along with common areas.
This bill also contains a rewrite of ARS 13-3102.F that clarifies that if any portion of a weapon or holster is visible the weapon is openly carried.
AzCDL requested this legislation and strongly supports it.
HB 2251 (Signed by Governor 4/15/08)
Weiers JP - game and fish omnibus
AzCDL supports this bill.
HB 2256 (Dead - Failed to move before deadline)
Weiers JP - game and fish; senior hunters
Allows for lifetime complimentary hunting licenses for hunters 65 and older.
AzCDL supports this bill.
HB 2358 (Dead - Failed to move before deadline)
Alvarez - firearms; school grounds; penalty
Increases the penalty for possession of a firearm on school grounds to a Class 5 Felony.
AzCDL strongly opposes this bill.
HB 2380 (Dead - Failed to move before deadline)
Weiers, JP - firearms; airport designated secure area
Adds “airport designated secure area” to ARS 13-3102 (misconduct involving weapons).
AzCDL opposes this bill.
HB 2389
Kavanagh - misconduct involving weapons; means; transportation
Removes the reference to vehicles in ARS 13-3102 (misconduct involving weapons), eliminating the ambiguity about where a weapon can be carried in a vehicle, without a concealed weapons permit, resulting from State v. Adams.
AzCDL requested this legislation and strongly supports it.
HB 2429 (Dead - Failed to move before deadline)
Gallardo - misconduct involving weapons; polling places
Establishes a new 75 foot perimeter around polling places where weapons are prohibited. Current law prohibits weapons inside polling places.
AzCDL strongly opposes this bill.
HB 2430 & HB 2431 (Dead - Failed to move before deadline)
Gallardo - prohibited possessors; gun storage & loaded firearms; storage
These companion bills make you a criminal and lifetime prohibited possessor, along with being subject to personal liability, if a minor gains access to one of your firearms and causes injury or death.
Virtually identical bills have been introduced for the last two legislative sessions.
AzCDL strongly opposes these bills.
HB 2461 (Dead - Failed to move before deadline)
Burns J - Arizona rangers; limited authority status
Allows Arizona rangers to possess firearms on school grounds under certain limited circumstances.
AzCDL is neutral on this bill.
HB 2464 (Dead - Failed to move before deadline)
Burns J - weapons; misconduct; application
Adds Community Correctional Officer and Special Investigator to the list of law enforcement positions exempt from most weapons misconduct violations.
AzCDL opposes this bill.
HB 2486 (Signed by Governor 3/21/08)
Weiers J - prohibited possessors; undocumented aliens
Adds undocumented aliens to the list of prohibited possessors.
AzCDL is neutral on this bill.
HB 2536 (Dead - Failed to move before deadline)
Paton - firearms; vehicles; employee parking areas
A public or private employer cannot prohibit a person from transporting or storing a firearm in a locked vehicle in a parking area, (subject to certain exceptions).
AzCDL requested this legislation and strongly supports it.
HB 2574 (Signed by the Governor 4/28/08)
Weiers JP - airports; designated security areas; weapons
Makes carrying a weapon in an airport security area a Class 1 Misdemeanor.
AzCDL is neutral on this bill.
HB 2626
Pearce - weapons; peace officers; posse; reserves
Allows a sherif to authorize posse volunteers and reserve officers with firearms training to carry a deadly weapon without a CCW permit. It also excludes individuals who have completed peace officer training from the CCW permit training requirements.
AzCDL is neutral on the overall bill, but supports the provision that clarifies Arizona’s “open carry” statute.
HB 2628 (Dead - Failed to move before deadline)
Pearce - carrying firearms; exceptions
Primarily deals with undocumented aliens as prohibited possessors, but contains many provisions beneficial to CCW permit holders.
AzCDL supports this bill.
HB 2629 (Vetoed by the Governor 5/28/08)
Pearce - justification; defensive display of firearm
Clarifies when a defensive display of a firearm is justified.
AzCDL requested this legislation and strongly supports it.
HB 2630 (Vetoed by Governor 4/26/08)
Pearce - concealed weapons; petty offense
Reduces the penalty for carrying a concealed weapon without a permit to a petty offense, except in the commission of a crime.
AzCDL requested this legislation and strongly supports it.
HB 2634 (Signed by Governor 6/12//08)
Murphy - concealed weapons permit; felony convictions
Clarifies that a person with an expunged felony, or who has had their rights restored, may obtain a concealed weapons permit.
AzCDL requested this legislation and strongly supports it.
HB 2737 (Dead - Failed to move before deadline)
McClure - landlord tenant acts; constitutional rights
Prohibits rental agreements from requiring tenants to “waive or forego the peaceful exercise of rights guaranteed under Article II, Constitution of Arizona.”
AzCDL strongly supports this bill.
HB 2786 (Dead - Failed to move before deadline)
Gallardo - firearms; prohibition; post-secondary institutions
Adds “post secondary” institutions (i.e., colleges and universities) to places where weapons are prohibited.
AzCDL strongly opposes this bill.
HB 2788 (Dead - Failed to moved before Adjournment)
McGuire - misconduct involving weapons; vehicles
Adds “closed purse” to the places a weapon can be carried in a vehicle without a CCW permit.
AzCDL supports this bill.
HB 2833 (Dead - Failed to move before deadline)
Garcia, M - coded ammunition; state database
Requires ammunition manufacturers to encode an individualized serial number on each bullet base and cartridge case. Possession of non-coded ammunition would be illegal. All ammunition sales would be recorded. A 1/2 cent tax would be added to every round of ammo sold. Manufacturers and vendors would face stiff fines for not-complying.
This bill would effectively end ammunition sales in Arizona.
AzCDL strongly opposes this bill.
HCR 2037 (Failed in House 3/24/08)
Weiers JP - constitutional rights; game and fish
Adds a right to hunt and fish to the Arizona Constitution.
AzCDL strongly supports this bill.
SB 1070 (Signed by Governor 6/10/08)
Gray, C - concealed weapons permit; qualifications; instructors
- Clarifies that with adequate documentation a person can renew an expired permit, or obtain a new permit if training occurred within the last 5 years.
- Allows that training can be conducted by NRA instructors.
AzCDL requested this legislation and strongly supports it.
SB 1106 (Vetoed by the Governor 5/28/08)
Gray C - concealed weapons permit; renewal option
Provides for an optional lifetime concealed weapons permit and caps permit fees.
AzCDL strongly supports this bill.
SB 1132 (Dead - Failed to move before Adjournment)
Harper - firearms; restaurants; posting
Firearms are permitted in certain restaurants provided signs are posted permitting firearms, and the person possessing the firearm does not consume alcohol.
This bill needs work and we will attempt to work with the sponsor to secure needed amendments during the legislative process.
Unless positive changes are made, AzCDL is neutral on this bill.
SB 1161 (Dead - Failed to move before deadline)
Gray C - concealed weapons permit; fee
Caps the CCW permit renewal feel at $65.
AzCDL strongly supports this bill.
SB 1214 (Dead - Failed to move out of Senate before deadline)
Johnson - concealed weapons; school grounds
Proposes changes to ARS 13-3102 to allow adults with Concealed Weapon (CCW) permits to carry concealed firearms on school campuses, including colleges and universities. Federal law (18 USC § 922(q)(2)(B)(ii)) already allows CCW permit holders to possess firearms on school property.
AzCDL requested this legislation and strongly supports this bill.
SB 1400 (Dead - Failed to move before deadline)
Johnson - gun-free zones; liability
If any government entity establishes a “gun-free” zone, they are liable for damages resulting from criminal conduct if an individual could have used a firearm in self-defense.
AzCDL strongly supports this bill.
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