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Florida · 2026 Regular Session

S0256 Storage of Handguns in Private Conveyances and Vessels

Direction

Firearms storage minorsAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 90%

Adds a requirement that handguns in unoccupied, unsecured private conveyances or vessels must be kept from ordinary view and secured with a device, locked in a trunk/glove box, or similar, with penalties, education requirements, and updated warnings, so more restrictions on how firearms may be left.

A person may not store a handgun, whether loaded or unloaded, in an unoccupied, unsecured private conveyance or vessel unless the handgun is kept from ordinary observation and view and secured with a device or mechanism that is securely affixed to the private conveyance or vessel or kept locked within a trunk, utility or glove box, or other locked container.

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Firearms otherAI label

No change to gun access model confidence 80%

Requires law enforcement agencies to run a promotional campaign and adds handgun storage instruction to specified firearms education, safety, and training courses.

Each law enforcement agency shall engage in a promotional campaign to educate the public and handgun owners regarding the requirements of sub-subparagraph a. The curricula of the firearms education, safety, and training courses specified in s. 790.06(2)(h)1.-4. and 7. shall contain instruction on the requirements of sub-subparagraph a.

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Status: Failed

Last action
2026-03-13: Died in Criminal Justice
Filed
2025-10-21
Sponsor
Darryl Rouson D

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds a new storage mandate and prohibition specifically for handguns left in unoccupied/unsecured vehicles or vessels (with definitions and exceptions), updates warnings and requires education/promotion, and provides penalties; this is a new restriction on firearm storage (tagged to storage-minors given the bill's emphasis on preventing juvenile theft and the existing minor-access warning it expands), while the campaign, curriculum, and warning revisions are informational/neutral.

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History (4 actions)
DateChamberAction
2026-03-13SDied in Criminal Justice
2026-01-13SIntroduced
2025-11-03SReferred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules
2025-10-21SFiled