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HB0063 • 2026

Carrying a Handgun, Weapon, or Firearm

Carrying a Handgun, Weapon, or Firearm

Education Elections Firearms
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Hunschofsky
Last action
2025-11-04
Official status
House - Withdrawn prior to introduction
Effective date
2026-10-01

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not provide specific details about the penalties, only that they exist.

Carrying a Handgun, Weapon, or Firearm

This bill prohibits carrying handguns, weapons, or firearms into certain locations and provides penalties for violations.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits carrying a handgun, weapon, or firearm into specific places such as police stations, courthouses, polling places, schools, colleges, career centers, and meetings of government bodies.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People with licenses to carry concealed weapons
  • Schools and educational institutions
  • Courts and government buildings

Terms To Know

concealed weapon
A hidden gun or other dangerous object that can hurt someone.
polling place
The location where people vote in elections.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify the exact penalties for breaking these rules.
  • Only applies to places listed in the bill, not all public areas.

Bill History

  1. 2025-11-04 House

    • Withdrawn prior to introduction

  2. 2025-10-07 House

    • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  3. 2025-09-30 House

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Carrying a Handgun, Weapon, or Firearm; Prohibits carrying handgun, weapon, or firearm into certain locations; provides penalties.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HB 63 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to carrying a handgun, weapon, or 2
firearm; amending s. 790.06, F.S.; prohibiting a 3
person from carrying a handgun, weapon, or firearm 4
into certain locations; providing penalties; providing 5
an effective date. 6
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8
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Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (12) of section 10
790.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 11
790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or concealed 12
firearm.— 13
(12)(a) A license issued under This section does not 14
authorize any person to openly carry a handgun, or carry a 15
concealed weapon, or concealed firearm into: 16
1. Any place of nuisance as defined in s. 823.05; 17
2. Any police, sheriff, or highway patrol station; 18
3. Any detention facility, prison, or jail; 19
4. Any courthouse; 20
5. Any courtroom, except that nothing in this section 21
precludes a judge from carrying a concealed weapon or concealed 22
firearm or determining who will carry a concealed weapon or 23
concealed firearm in his or her courtroom; 24
6. Any polling place; 25

HB 63 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

7. Any meeting of the governing body of a county, public 26
school district, municipality, or special district; 27
8. Any meeting of the Legislature or a committee thereof; 28
9. Any school, college, or professional athletic event not 29
related to firearms; 30
10. Any elementary or secondary school facility or 31
administration building; 32
11. Any career center; 33
12. Any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense 34
alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, which 35
portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to such 36
purpose; 37
13. Any college or university facility unless the licensee 38
is a registered student, employee, or faculty member of such 39
college or university and the weapon is a stun gun or nonlethal 40
electric weapon or device designed solely for defensive purposes 41
and the weapon does not fire a dart or projectile; 42
14. The inside of the passenger terminal and sterile area 43
of any airport, provided that no person shall be prohibited from 44
carrying any legal firearm into the terminal, which firearm is 45
encased for shipment for purposes of checking such firearm as 46
baggage to be lawfully transported on any aircraft; or 47
15. Any place where the carrying of firearms is prohibited 48
by federal law. 49
Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2026. 50