Florida HB 6017: Relief/Maria Garcia/Pinellas County School Board

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HB 6017 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the preemption of firearms and 2
ammunition; repealing s. 790.33, F.S., relating to the 3
preemption of the field of regulation of firearms and 4
ammunition to the Legislature, to the exclusion of 5
local jurisdictions; amending s. 790.251, F.S.; 6
conforming a provision to changes made by the act; 7
providing an effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Section 790.33, Florida Statutes, is repealed. 12
Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 790.251, Florida 13
Statutes, is amended to read: 14
790.251 Protection of the right to keep and bear arms in 15
motor vehicles for self-defense and other lawful purposes; 16
prohibited acts; duty of public and private employers; immunity 17
from liability; enforcement.— 18
(4) PROHIBITED ACTS.—No public or private employer may 19
violate the constitutional rights of any customer, employee, or 20
invitee as provided in paragraphs (a)-(e): 21
(a) No public or private employer may prohibit any 22
customer, employee, or invitee from possessing any legally owned 23
firearm when such firearm is lawfully possessed and locked 24
inside or locked to a private motor vehicle in a parking lot and 25

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when the customer, employee, or invitee is lawfully in such 26
area. 27
(b) No public or private employer may violate the privacy 28
rights of a customer, employee, or invitee by verbal or written 29
inquiry regarding the presence of a firearm inside or locked to 30
a private motor vehicle in a parking lot or by an actual search 31
of a private motor vehicle in a parking lot to ascertain the 32
presence of a firearm within the vehicle. Further, no public or 33
private employer may take any action against a customer, 34
employee, or invitee based upon verbal or written statements of 35
any party concerning possession of a firearm stored inside a 36
private motor vehicle in a parking lot for lawful purposes. A 37
search of a private motor vehicle in the parking lot of a public 38
or private employer to ascertain the presence of a firearm 39
within the vehicle may only be conducted by on-duty law 40
enforcement personnel, based upon due process and must comply 41
with constitutional protections. 42
(c) No public or private employer shall condition 43
employment upon either: 44
1. The fact that an employee or prospective employee is 45
authorized to carry a concealed weapon or concealed firearm 46
under s. 790.01(1); or 47
2. Any agreement by an employee or a prospective employee 48
that prohibits an employee from keeping a legal firearm locked 49
inside or locked to a private motor vehicle in a parking lot 50

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when such firearm is kept for lawful purposes. 51
(d) No public or private employer shall prohibit or 52
attempt to prevent any customer, employee, or invitee from 53
entering the parking lot of the employer's place of business 54
because the customer's, employee's, or invitee's private motor 55
vehicle contains a legal firearm being carried for lawful 56
purposes, that is out of sight within the customer's, 57
employee's, or invitee's private motor vehicle. 58
(e) No public or private employer may terminate the 59
employment of or otherwise discriminate against an employee, or 60
expel a customer or invitee for exercising his or her 61
constitutional right to keep and bear arms or for exercising the 62
right of self-defense as long as a firearm is never exhibited on 63
company property for any reason other than lawful defensive 64
purposes. 65
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This subsection applies to all public sector employers, 67
including those already prohibited from regulating firearms 68
under s. 790.33. 69
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 70