Bill Title: Houses of worship and firearms. Permits a person who may legally possess a firearm to possess a firearm on school property, unless prohibited by the house of worship, if the person possesses the firearm: (1) as an employee or volunteer of a house of worship located on the school property; or (2) while attending a worship service or religious ceremony conducted at a house of worship. Excludes certain nonexclusive uses of school property from the statutory definition of "school property".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-02-22 - Committee report: amend do pass, adopted [SB0033 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

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Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Jack Sandlin [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator James Tomes [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-049	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Crane [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-024	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mike Speedy [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-090	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gerald Torr [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-039	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Milo Smith [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-059	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ronald Bacon [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-075	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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