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Florida · 2025 Regular Session

S0186 Safe Storage of Firearms and Ammunition in Motor Vehicles and Vessels

Direction

Firearms storage minorsAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 80%

Requires owners to lock firearms and ammunition in a trunk, locked glove box, or affixed container when left in an unattended vehicle or vessel, so more restrictions on firearm storage.

A person who stores or leaves a firearm, whether loaded or unloaded, or ammunition in a motor vehicle or vessel under his or her control while the person is not in the motor vehicle or vessel must keep the firearm or ammunition locked inside the trunk, inside a locked utility or glove box, or inside a locked container securely affixed to the motor vehicle or vessel.

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Firearms otherAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 70%

Creates a new misdemeanor penalty for failing to securely store firearms or ammunition in unattended vehicles or vessels, so more restrictions on firearm storage.

A person who violates subsection (2) commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

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  6. Law

Status: Failed

Last action
2025-06-16: Died in Criminal Justice
Filed
2025-01-10
Sponsor
Lori Berman D + 1 cosponsor (1 D)

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a new safe-storage requirement and misdemeanor penalty specifically for firearms and ammunition left in unattended motor vehicles or vessels, which restricts the firearms topic under the storage-minors subtag (even though it applies to all persons, not only minors) and the other subtag for the penalty provision. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.

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History (5 actions)
DateChamberAction
2025-06-16SDied in Criminal Justice
2025-05-03SIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2025-03-04SIntroduced
2025-01-24SReferred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules
2025-01-10SFiled