Steube's courthouse gun bill goes immediately to House floor -- with no vetting there
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In an extremely rare move, House leaders are rushing a gun bill that none of their members have considered to the floor during the final week of session.
Lawmakers in the House will take up SB 616 on Tuesday — a Senate-approved proposal that would allow concealed weapons permit-holders to store their guns with security while visiting state courthouses.
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The Rules & Policy Committee, chaired by Miami Lakes Republican Rep. Jose Oliva, put the bill on the daily floor calendar after senators passed it on Friday.
Because the bill did not have a House companion, it’s brand new to lawmakers in that chamber, and they won’t have a chance to first vet it in a policy committee.
The move is highly unusual and also deprives members of the public a chance to address their representatives at a public meeting before the floor vote.
Photo credit: House Speaker Richard Corcoran, R-Land O’Lakes, talks with House Rules & Policy chairman Jose Oliva, R-Miami Lakes. Scott Keeler / Tampa Bay Times
