Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson

Filed: 2/25/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1155

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1155, AS AMENDED, by
3inserting the following in its proper numeric sequence:
 
4    "Section 90. Firearm carry prohibition; community college;
5college; university.
6    (a) Nothing in this Act shall preempt, abridge, limit, or
7diminish the authority of community colleges, and public and
8private colleges and universities from prohibiting,
9restricting or otherwise regulating firearms on or in close
10proximity to their campuses, grounds and other property,
11including but not limited to sidewalks, commons, and highways,
12owned by the school district, community college, or public or
13private college or university or in buildings used in whole or
14in part for housing, classrooms, laboratories, medical
15clinics, hospitals, and artistic, athletic and entertainment
16venues; or on or in property owned, controlled or leased by
17officially recognized student organizations or officially

 

 

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1recognized university-related organizations.
2    (b) Nothing in this Act shall preempt, abridge, limit or
3diminish the authority of community colleges, and public and
4private colleges and universities from prohibiting persons
5from carrying a firearm into a vehicle owned, leased or
6controlled by the school districts, community colleges, or
7public or private college or universities regardless of where
8the vehicle travels. School districts, community colleges, and
9public or private colleges or universities may develop
10resolutions, regulations, or policies regarding the storage
11and maintenance of firearms, including but not limited to
12designating areas where individuals may park vehicles that
13carry firearms. These resolutions, regulations, or policies
14may specify that persons in violation of the resolutions,
15regulations, or policies may be denied entrance to the campus,
16grounds, building, vehicles or other property and subjected to
17a civil fine of no more than $1,500 for any violation of the
18provisions of the resolution, regulation, or policy.
19    (c) Nothing in this Act shall preempt, abridge, limit, or
20diminish the authority of community colleges, and public or
21private colleges or universities from taking actions
22proscribed by their resolutions, regulations, or policies
23against violations of the resolutions, regulations, or
24policies, which may qualify as student, employee, or visitor
25misconduct and may result in discipline, including, but not
26limited to, expulsion from the school district, community

 

 

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1college, or public or private college or university,
2termination of employment or appointment, or suspension or
3banning from the school district, community college, or public
4or private college or university campuses, grounds and other
5property.
6    (d) Nothing in this Act shall preempt, abridge, limit, or
7diminish the authority of community colleges, and public or
8private colleges and universities from permitting the carrying
9or use of firearms for the purposes of instruction and
10curriculum of officially recognized programs, such as military
11science programs. These programs shall be authorized by the
12chief executive officer of the community college, or public or
13private college or university or his or her designee.
14    (e) The United States Supreme Court in District of Columbia
15v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 128 S.Ct. 2783 (2008) has recognized
16that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
17does not confer an unlimited right and that states may prohibit
18the carrying of firearms in sensitive places. The Supreme Court
19stated in the Heller decision: "Although we do not undertake an
20exhaustive historical analysis today of the full scope of the
21Second Amendment, nothing in our opinion should be taken to
22cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of
23firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the
24carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and
25government buildings . . ." The Supreme Court also noted in a
26footnote referencing this statement in the Heller decision

 

 

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1that: "We identify these presumptively lawful regulatory
2measures only as examples; our list does not purport to be
3exhaustive." This recognition was reiterated by the U. S.
4Supreme Court in McDonald v. the City of Chicago, 561 U.S.
53025, 130 S.Ct. 3020 (2010), which incorporated the Second
6Amendment against state action. The Supreme Court again stated:
7"We made it clear in Heller that our holding did not cast doubt
8on such longstanding regulatory measures as "prohibitions on
9the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill,"
10"laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places
11such as schools and government buildings . . . We repeat those
12assurances here." Further, the federal 7th Circuit Court of
13Appeals in Moore v. Madigan, 702 F.3d. 933 (7th Cir., 2012)
14cited the "sensitive place" statement of the Supreme Court in
15both the Heller and McDonald decisions and concluded: "That a
16legislature can forbid the carrying of firearms in schools and
17government buildings means that any right to possess a gun for
18self-defense outside the home is not absolute, and it is not
19absolute by the Supreme Court's own terms." Therefore, the
20General Assembly finds that the place or location set forth in
21subsection (a) of this Section is a sensitive place and the
22prohibition on the carrying of firearms will promote public
23safety in this sensitive place.".