Title: Storage of Firearms in Motor Vehicles or Vessels

Summary: Provides requirements for storage of firearms in motor vehicles or vessels.

Full Text:
An act relating to storage of firearms in motor vehicles or vessels; creating s. 790.176, F.S.; providing definitions; providing requirements for storage of firearms and ammunition in motor vehicles or vessels; providing criminal penalties; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 790.176, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 790.176 Storage of firearms in motor vehicles or vessels.-(1) As used in this section, the term: (a) "Motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in s. 320.01(1). (b) "Trunk" means the fully enclosed and locked main storage compartment of a motor vehicle that is not accessible from the passenger compartment, but does not include any compartment that has a window; the bed of a pickup truck; or the rear area of a hatchback, station wagon-type motor vehicle, or sport utility motor vehicle. (c) "Vessel" has the same meaning as in s. 327.02. (2) A person who stores or leaves, in a motor vehicle or vessel under his or her control, a firearm, whether loaded or HB 1087 2024 unloaded, or firearm ammunition, while the person is not in the motor vehicle or vessel, shall keep the firearm from ordinary observation locked within the trunk, a utility or glove box, or a locked container securely affixed to the motor vehicle or vessel. (3) A person who violates subsection (2) commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.