Florida SB 80: Direct Primary Care Agreements

Bill Text

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Safe Storage of Firearms and Ammunition in Motor Vehicles and Vessels 
2025-09-24T11:37:04Z 
Defining the terms “motor vehicle,” “trunk,” and “vessel”; requiring persons who store or leave firearms or ammunition in motor vehicles or vessels under their control to keep the firearms or ammunition locked inside specified locations within the motor vehicles or vessels while such persons are not in the motor vehicles or vessels, etc. 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 80 

 By Senator Berman 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to safe storage of firearms and 
 3 ammunition in motor vehicles and vessels; creating s. 
 4 790.176, F.S.; defining the terms “motor vehicle,” 
 5 “trunk,” and “vessel”; requiring persons who store or 
 6 leave firearms or ammunition in motor vehicles or 
 7 vessels under their control to keep the firearms or 
 8 ammunition locked inside specified locations within 
 9 the motor vehicles or vessels while such persons are 
 10 not in the motor vehicles or vessels; providing 
 11 criminal penalties; providing an effective date. 
 12 
 13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 14 
 15 Section 1. Section 790.176, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 16 read: 
 17 790.176 Requirements for safe storage of firearms and 
 18 ammunition in motor vehicles and vessels.— 
 19 (1) As used in this section, the term: 
 20 (a) “Motor vehicle” has the same meaning as in s. 
 21 320.01(1). 
 22 (b) “Trunk” means the fully enclosed and locked main 
 23 storage compartment of a motor vehicle which is not accessible 
 24 from the passenger compartment. The term does not include a 
 25 compartment that has a window, the bed of a pickup truck, or the 
 26 rear area of a hatchback, station wagon-type motor vehicle, or 
 27 sport utility motor vehicle. 
 28 (c) “Vessel” has the same meaning as in s. 327.02. 
 29 (2) A person who stores or leaves a firearm, whether loaded 
 30 or unloaded, or ammunition in a motor vehicle or vessel under 
 31 his or her control while the person is not in the motor vehicle 
 32 or vessel must keep the firearm or ammunition locked inside the 
 33 trunk, inside a locked utility or glove box, or inside a locked 
 34 container securely affixed to the motor vehicle or vessel. 
 35 (3) A person who violates subsection (2) commits a 
 36 misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 
 37 775.082 or s. 775.083. 
 38 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.