Bill No.:                     HB0216                                 Drafter:  MDO

LSO No.:                   13LSO-0554                         Effective Date:  7/1/2013

Enrolled Act No.:    HEA0044

Chapter No.:            CH0160

Prime Sponsor:       Representative Brown

Catch Title:              Deadly weapons in a courtroom.

Subject:                     Carrying deadly weapons in courtrooms.

Summary/Major Elements:

· Prohibits the carrying of a deadly weapon into a courtroom except by the presiding judge or as authorized by the presiding judge.

· Creates a misdemeanor for the first offense of bringing an unauthorized deadly weapon into a courtroom and a felony for a second or subsequent offense of bringing an unauthorized deadly weapon into a courtroom.

· Provides a definition of courtroom.