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Florida · 2026 Regular Session

S0406 Carrying Weapons and Firearms

Direction

Firearms carryAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 90%

Creates a new statute prohibiting carrying weapons or firearms into a long list of locations (courthouses, schools, polling places, airports, etc.) that previously applied only to license holders, and applies the prohibition and penalties to all persons, so more restrictions on where firearms may be

Unless otherwise authorized by law, a person may not carry a weapon or firearm into:

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Status: Failed

Last action
2026-03-13: Died in Criminal Justice
Filed
2025-11-05
Sponsor
Tina Polsky D + 1 cosponsor (1 D)

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill enacts a new general prohibition (s. 790.0135) on carrying weapons/firearms into numerous specified locations (police stations, courthouses, schools, polling places, certain alcohol-serving establishments, airports, etc.), with misdemeanor penalties; this expands the scope of the carry ban from license holders only to all persons. It simultaneously deletes the nearly identical list and penalties from the concealed-carry license statute (ss. 790.06(12) and 790.013), but because the new general prohibition replaces it verbatim, the practical effect on carry restrictions is unchanged for

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History (4 actions)
DateChamberAction
2026-03-13SDied in Criminal Justice
2026-01-13SIntroduced
2025-11-17SReferred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules
2025-11-05SFiled