HB326 Alabama 2022 Session

This bill would provide for certain storage requirements for loaded firearms

This bill would prohibit a person from storing or leaving a loaded firearm in an area in which a minor child is likely to gain access

This bill would make it a felony for a person to fail to properly store a loaded firearm if the failure results in a minor child gaining access to the firearm and injuring or killing either himself, herself, or another person

This bill would also provide an exception if a minor child's access to a loaded firearm is a result of unlawful entry

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment

Relating to firearms and weapons; to require certain storage requirements for loaded firearms; to prohibit the access of loaded firearms to a minor child; to provide criminal penalties for a violation; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.