SB496
Handguns; secure storage in an unattended locked vehicle, penalty.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 5, 2026
Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB496)
Chief Patron:
Dave Marsden (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Secure storage of handguns; unattended locked vehicle; penalty.
Removes the exception to the prohibition on carrying a concealed weapon for any person who may lawfully possess a firearm and is carrying a handgun while in a personal, private motor vehicle or vessel and such handgun is secured in a container or compartment in the vehicle or vessel. The ... (More) bill also creates a Class 4 misdemeanor for any person who fails to securely store a handgun, defined in the bill, in a locked hard-sided container out of plain view in an unattended vehicle, defined in the bill. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104067D
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/20/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB496)
- 01/26/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 01/26/2026 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 5-N)
- 01/27/2026 - Senate: Read first time
- 01/27/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 01/27/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/27/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 01/28/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/28/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26106227D-S1
- 01/28/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Motion to recommit to Courts of Justice agreed to
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Recommitted to Courts of Justice
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB496)
