General Bill by Education & Employment Committee and Williamson and Byrd (CO-SPONSORS) Andrade; Brannan; DiCeglie; Duggan; Grall; Gregory; Harding; Hawkins; Ingoglia; Maggard; Maney; Massullo; McClain; Payne; Roach; Robinson, W.; Sabatini; Salzman; Shoaf; Sirois; Yarborough
Safety of Religious Institutions: Authorizes, for specified purposes, concealed weapons or firearms licensee to carry firearm on certain property of church, synagogue, or any other religious institution.
This committee substitute text seems to have simplified the verbosity. IANAL but I don’t see anything negative with it.
Notwithstanding any other law, for the purposes of safety, security, personal protection, or any other lawful purpose, a person licensed under this section may carry a concealed weapon or firearm on property owned, rented, leased, borrowed, or lawfully used by a church, synagogue, or other religious institution. This subsection does not limit the private property rights of a church, synagogue, or other religious institution to exercise control over property that the church, synagogue, or other religious institution owns, rents, leases, borrows, or lawfully uses.
I am guessing it now goes to the full floor to wait for the Senate’s companion bill.