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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7223
January Session, 2019
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E STORAGE OF A PISTOL OR REVOLVER
IN A MOTOR VEHICLE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) (a) (1) No person shall 1
store or keep any pistol or revolver in any motor vehicle that is 2
unattended unless such pistol or revolver is in a securely locked safe. 3
(2) For purposes of this subsection, (A) a motor vehicle is 4
unattended if no person who is at least twenty-one years of age and 5
who is the owner or operator or a passenger of such motor vehicle is 6
inside the motor vehicle or is within close enough proximity to the 7
motor vehicle to prevent unauthorized access to the motor vehicle, and 8
(B) "pistol" and "revolver" mean pistol and revolver, each as defined in 9
section 29-27 of the general statutes, and (C) "motor vehicle" means a 10
motor vehicle, as defined in section 14-1 of the general statutes. 11
(b) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (a) of this 12
section shall be guilty of a class D felony. 13
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
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Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
Subsection (a)(2)(B) was subdivided into subparagraphs (B) and (C) for
clarity.
JUD Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO