HOUSE 3rd Reading Unamended February 1, 2007 HOUSE Amended 2nd Reading January 31, 2007First Regular Session Sixty-sixth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the House of Introduction LLS NO. 07-0656.01 Michael Dohr HOUSE BILL 07-1174 HOUSE SPONSORSHIP White, SENATE SPONSORSHIP Bacon, House Committees Senate Committees Judiciary A BILL FOR AN ACT Concerning a repeal of the prohibition against a statewide database for persons holding permits to carry concealed handguns. Bill Summary (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted.) Repeals the sunset on a statewide concealed carry database. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. Repeal. 18-12-206 (3) (b), Colorado Revised Statutes, is repealed as follows: 18-12-206. Sheriff - issuance or denial of permits - report. (3) (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (3), on and after July 1, 2007, a sheriff shall not share information from the list of permittees with a law enforcement agency for the purpose of creating a statewide database of permittees, and any law enforcement agency that receives information concerning permittees from a sheriff shall not use the information to create or maintain a statewide database of permittees. Any information concerning a permittee that is included in a statewide database pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) shall be removed from the database no later than July 1, 2007. SECTION 2. 18-12-206 (3), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW PARAGRAPH to read: 18-12-206. Sheriff - issuance or denial of permits - report. (3) (c) A peace officer may not use or search a database of permitees maintained by a law enforcement agency to establish, without additional information, reasonable suspicion for a traffic stop, or when contacting an individual, to justify probable cause, without additional information, for a search or seizure of a person or a person's vehicle or property. SECTION 3. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.