Second Regular Session
               Seventieth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 16-0109.01 Richard Sweetman x4333HOUSE BILL 16-1179
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Buck,  Neville P., Everett, Humphrey, Wist, Ransom, Saine, Becker J., Van Winkle,
 DelGrosso, Klingenschmitt, Lundeen, Nordberg
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Sonnenberg, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the possession of concealed handguns by active
            duty military personnel.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            For the existing criminal offense of unlawfully carrying a
       concealed weapon, the bill creates a new exemption that applies when:
                 The person is on active duty and serving in the armed
                 forces of the United States military; and
                 The weapon in question is a concealed handgun.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 18-12-105, amend
       (2) (f); and add (2) (g) as follows:
            18-12-105.  Unlawfully carrying a concealed weapon - unlawful
       possession of weapons. (2)  It shall not be an offense if the defendant
       was:
            (f)  A United States probation officer or a United States pretrial
       services officer while on duty and serving in the state of Colorado under
       the authority of rules and regulations promulgated by the judicial
       conference of the United States; or
            (g)  On active duty and serving in the armed forces of the
       United States military, and the weapon in question was a
       concealed handgun.
            SECTION 2.  Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
       takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
       ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August
       10, 2016, if adjournment sine die is on May 11, 2016); except that, if a
       referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the
       state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act
       within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect
       unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in
       November 2016 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the
       official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.