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SB1053 - 572R - S Ver
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concealed weapons
permits; fees
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
SENATE BILL 1053
AN
ACT
amending
section 13-3112, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to weapons.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 13-3112, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
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13-3112.
Concealed weapons; qualification; application; permit to carry;
civil penalty; report; applicability; annual report
A. The department of public safety shall issue a permit
to carry a concealed weapon to a person who is qualified under this
section. The person shall carry the permit at all times when the
person is in actual possession of the concealed weapon and is required by
section 4-229 or 4-244 to carry the permit. If the
person is in actual possession of the concealed weapon and is required by
section 4-229 or 4-244 to carry the permit, the person shall
present the permit for inspection to any law enforcement officer on
request. The department of public safety shall prioritize
applications of in-state residents when issuing a permit to carry a concealed
weapon.
B. The permit of a person who is arrested or
indicted for an offense that would make the person unqualified under section 13-3101,
subsection A, paragraph 7 or this section shall be immediately suspended and
seized. The permit of a person who becomes unqualified on conviction
of that offense shall be revoked. The permit shall be restored on
presentation of documentation from the court if the permittee is found not
guilty or the charges are dismissed. The permit shall be restored on
presentation of documentation from the county attorney that the charges against
the permittee were dropped or dismissed.
C. A permittee who
carries a concealed weapon, who is required by section 4-229 or 4-244
to carry a permit and who fails to present the permit for inspection on the
request of a law enforcement officer commits a violation of this subsection and
is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $300. The department
of public safety shall be notified of all violations of this subsection and
shall immediately suspend the permit. A permittee shall not be
convicted of a violation of this subsection if the permittee produces to the
court a legible permit that is issued to the permittee and that was valid at
the time the permittee failed to present the permit for inspection.
D. A law enforcement officer shall not confiscate or
forfeit a weapon that is otherwise lawfully possessed by a permittee whose
permit is suspended pursuant to subsection C of this section, except that a law
enforcement officer may take temporary custody of a firearm during an
investigatory stop of the permittee.
E. The department of public safety shall issue a
permit to an applicant who meets all of the following conditions:
1. Is a resident of this state or a United States
citizen.
2. Is twenty-one years of age or older or is
at least nineteen years of age and provides evidence of current military
service or proof of honorable discharge or general discharge under honorable
conditions from the United States armed forces, the United States armed forces
reserve or a state national guard.
3. Is not under indictment for and has not been
convicted in any jurisdiction of a felony unless that conviction has been
expunged, set aside or vacated or the applicant's rights have been restored and
the applicant is currently not a prohibited possessor under state or federal
law.
4. Does not suffer from mental illness and has not
been adjudicated mentally incompetent or committed to a mental institution.
5. Is not unlawfully present in the United States.
6. Has ever demonstrated competence with a firearm
as prescribed by subsection N of this section and provides adequate
documentation that the person has satisfactorily completed a training program
or demonstrated competence with a firearm in any state or political subdivision
in the United States. For the purposes of this paragraph,
"adequate documentation" means:
(a) A current or expired permit issued by the
department of public safety pursuant to this section.
(b) An original or copy of a certificate, card or
document that shows the applicant has ever completed any course or class
prescribed by subsection N of this section or an affidavit from the instructor,
school, club or organization that conducted or taught the course or class
attesting to the applicant's completion of the course or class.
(c) An original or a copy of a United States
department of defense form 214 (DD-214) indicating an honorable discharge
or general discharge under honorable conditions, a certificate of completion of
basic training or any other document demonstrating proof of the applicant's
current or former service in the United States armed forces as prescribed by
subsection N, paragraph 5 of this section.
(d) An original or a copy of a concealed weapon,
firearm or handgun permit or a license as prescribed by subsection N, paragraph
6 of this section.
F. The application shall be completed on a form
prescribed by the department of public safety. The form shall not
require the applicant to disclose the type of firearm for which a permit is
sought. The applicant shall attest under penalty of perjury that all
of the statements made by the applicant are true, that the applicant has been
furnished a copy of this chapter and chapter 4 of this title and that the
applicant is knowledgeable about the provisions contained in those
chapters. The applicant shall submit the application to the
department with any documentation prescribed by subsection E of this section,
two sets of fingerprints and a reasonable
resident or
nonresident
fee
, as applicable,
determined by the
director of the department.�
for an applicant who is a resident
of this state, the department shall charge a fee that is ten percent of the
nonresident fee.
G. On receipt of a concealed weapon permit
application, the department of public safety shall conduct a check of the
applicant's criminal history record pursuant to section 41-1750. The
department of public safety may exchange fingerprint card information with the
federal bureau of investigation for federal criminal history record checks.
H. The department of public safety shall complete
all of the required qualification checks within sixty days after receiving the
application and shall issue a permit within fifteen working days after
completing the qualification checks if the applicant meets all of the
conditions specified in subsection E of this section. If a permit is
denied, the department of public safety shall notify the applicant in writing
within fifteen working days after completing all of the required qualification
checks and shall state the reasons why the application was
denied. On receipt of the notification of the denial, the applicant
has twenty days to submit any additional documentation to the
department. On receipt of the additional documentation, the
department shall reconsider its decision and inform the applicant within twenty
days of the result of the reconsideration. If denied, the applicant
shall be informed that the applicant may request a hearing pursuant to title
41, chapter 6, article 10. For the purposes of this subsection,
"receiving the application" means the first day that the department
has physical control of the application and that is presumed to be on the date
of delivery as evidenced by proof of delivery by the United States postal
service or a written receipt, which shall be provided by the department on
request of the applicant.
I. On issuance, a permit is valid for five years,
except a permit that is held by a member of the United States armed forces,
including a member of the Arizona national guard or a member of the reserves of
any military establishment of the United States, who is on federal active duty
and who is deployed overseas shall be extended until ninety days after the end
of the member's overseas deployment.
J. The department of public safety shall maintain a
computerized permit record system that is accessible to criminal justice
agencies for the purpose of confirming the permit status of any person who is
contacted by a law enforcement officer and who claims to hold a valid permit
issued by this state. This information and any other records that
are maintained regarding applicants, permit holders or instructors shall not be
available to any other person or entity except on an order from a state or
federal court. A criminal justice agency shall not use the
computerized permit record system to conduct inquiries on whether a person is a
concealed weapons permit holder unless the criminal justice agency has
reasonable suspicion to believe the person is carrying a concealed weapon and
the person is subject to a lawful criminal investigation, arrest, detention or
investigatory stop.
K. A permit issued pursuant to this section is
renewable every five years. At least sixty days before the
expiration date of a permit, the department of public safety shall send a
renewal reminder notice and renewal application form to the permit
holder. Before a permit may be renewed, a criminal history records
check shall be conducted pursuant to section 41-1750 within sixty days
after receipt of the application for renewal. For the purposes of
permit renewal, the permit holder is not required to submit additional
fingerprints.
L. Applications for renewal shall be accompanied by
a
resident or nonresident
fee
, as
applicable,
determined by the director of the department of public
safety.�
for an applicant who is a resident of this state, the
department shall charge a fee that is ten percent of the nonresident fee.
M. The department of public safety shall suspend or
revoke a permit issued under this section if the permit holder becomes
ineligible pursuant to subsection E of this section. The department
of public safety shall notify the permit holder in writing within fifteen
working days after the revocation or suspension and shall state the reasons for
the revocation or suspension.
N. An applicant shall demonstrate competence with a
firearm through any of the following:
1. Completion of any firearms safety or training
course or class that is available to the general public, that is offered by a
law enforcement agency, a junior college, a college or a private or public
institution, academy, organization or firearms training school and that is
approved by the department of public safety or that uses instructors who are
certified by the national rifle association.
2. Completion of any hunter education or hunter
safety course approved by the Arizona game and fish department or a similar
agency of another state.
3. Completion of any national rifle association
firearms safety or training course.
4. Completion of any law enforcement firearms safety
or training course or class that is offered for security guards, investigators,
special deputies or other divisions or subdivisions of law enforcement or
security enforcement and that is approved by the department of public safety.
5. Evidence of current military service or proof of
honorable discharge or general discharge under honorable conditions from the
United States armed forces.
6. A valid current or
expired concealed weapon, firearm or handgun permit or license that is issued
by another state or a political subdivision of another state and that has a
training or testing requirement for initial issuance.
7. Completion of any governmental police agency
firearms training course and qualification to carry a firearm in the course of
normal police duties.
8. Completion of any other firearms safety or
training course or class that is conducted by a department of public safety
approved or national rifle association certified firearms instructor.
O. The department of public safety shall maintain
information comparing the number of permits requested, the number of permits
issued and the number of permits denied. The department shall
annually report this information electronically to the governor and the
legislature.
P. The director of the department of public safety
shall adopt rules for the purpose of implementing and administering this
section including fees relating to permits that are issued pursuant to this
section.
Q. This state and any political subdivision of this
state shall recognize a concealed weapon, firearm or handgun permit or license
that is issued by another state or a political subdivision of another state if
both:
1. The permit or license is recognized as valid in
the issuing state.
2. The permit or license holder is all of the
following:
(a) Legally present in this state.
(b) Not legally prohibited from possessing a firearm
in this state.
R. For the purpose of establishing mutual permit or
license recognition with other states, the department of public safety shall
enter into a written agreement if another state requires a written agreement.�
The department of public safety shall submit an electronic report to the
governor and the legislature each year that includes any changes that were made
in the previous year to a written agreement with another state.
S. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a
person with a concealed weapons permit from another state may not carry a
concealed weapon in this state if the person is under twenty-one years of
age or is under indictment for, or has been convicted of, a felony offense in
any jurisdiction, unless that conviction is expunged, set aside or vacated or
the person's rights have been restored and the person is currently not a
prohibited possessor under state or federal law.
T. The department of public safety may issue
certificates of firearms proficiency according to the Arizona peace officer
standards and training board firearms qualification for the purposes of
implementing the law enforcement officers safety act of 2004 (P.L. 108-277;
118 Stat. 865; 18 United States Code sections 926B and 926C). A law
enforcement or prosecutorial agency shall issue to a qualified retired law
enforcement officer who has honorably retired a photographic identification
that states that the officer has honorably retired from the
agency. A person who was a municipal, county or state prosecutor is
deemed to meet the qualifications of 18 United States Code section
926C(c)(2). The chief law enforcement officer shall determine
whether an officer has honorably retired and the determination is not subject
to review. A law enforcement or prosecutorial agency has no
obligation to revoke, alter or modify the honorable discharge photographic
identification based on conduct that the agency becomes aware of or that occurs
after the officer has separated from the agency. For the purposes of
this subsection, "qualified retired law enforcement officer" has the
same meaning prescribed in 18 United States Code section 926C.
U. The initial and renewal application fees
collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35-146
and 35-147, in the concealed weapons permit fund established by section
41-1722.
V. On or before July 31 of each year, the department
of public safety shall report to the joint legislative budget committee on the
number of concealed weapons permits issued in the prior fiscal
year. The report shall also include the number of outstanding
concealed weapons permit applications that have not been issued and the average
turnaround time to issue a concealed weapons permit.
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