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HB0063 • 2026

Carrying a Handgun, Weapon, or Firearm

Carrying a Handgun, Weapon, or Firearm

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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House - Withdrawn prior to introduction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The bill status shows it passed both chambers but also lists an action where it was withdrawn prior to introduction, creating uncertainty about its final legal standing despite the effective date listed.

HB0063: Rules for Carrying Handguns and Weapons in Certain Places

This bill updates Florida law to list specific locations where a person with a concealed weapon license cannot carry a handgun, weapon, or firearm.

What This Bill Does

  • Amends section 790.06 of the Florida Statutes regarding licenses for carrying weapons.
  • States that a license does not allow anyone to openly carry a handgun in listed locations.
  • Prohibits licensed individuals from entering specific places with concealed weapons or firearms.
  • Sets an effective date of October 1, 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who hold a license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm in Florida.
  • Judges and court staff regarding weapons inside courtrooms.
  • Students, employees, and faculty at colleges and universities carrying stun guns.
  • Travelers checking firearms as baggage at airports.

Terms To Know

Place of nuisance
Locations defined in section 823.05 of the Florida Statutes where weapons are prohibited.
Sterile area
The part of an airport past security checkpoints, included with passenger terminals as a restricted zone for licensed carriers.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This bill was withdrawn by the House prior to introduction.
  • The text does not explain what specific penalties apply if someone breaks these rules.

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    • Withdrawn prior to introduction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

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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