KS House passes expansion of CC laws

On Wednesday the Kansas House of Reps passed House Bill 2685 (http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2010/2685.pdf) by a vote of 65-57 in which cities, counties, and the state couldn't prohibit people with CCW permits from carrying into buildings unless those buildings had "adequate" security, such as metal detectors. The bill would extend concealed carry privileges to almost all public buildings; municipal, county and state, including universities. The bill will now be sent to the Senate.

The chief sponsor is Republican Rep. Forrest Knox and I think he needs to hear some support. Now is the time to contact members of the Kansas Senate too.
Rep. Forrest Knox contact info (http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-house/searchHouse.do?rep=4363)

Kansas Senators phone numbers (http://www.kslegislature.org/commsched/senate/slist.pdf)
Kansas Senators email (http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-senate/searchSenate.do)
Kansas House members info (http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-house/searchHouse.do)

Link to news article (http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/mar/24/house-approves-concealed-carry-campus/)

Does anyone know if this has now gone into place?

Nope, it died in committee in the KS Senate.

Full History on bill 2685 from the Kansas Legislature's website.

H 2685
Bill by Federal and State Affairs
Personal and family protection act; amendments. Effective date: Statute Bk.
02/11/2010 H Introduced -HJ 909
02/12/2010 H Referred to Federal and State Affairs -HJ 916
02/17/2010 H Hearing: Thurs., 2/25/2010, 1:30 PM, Rm 346-S
03/22/2010 H CR: Be passed as am. by Federal and State Affairs -HJ 1194
03/23/2010 H COW: CR be adptd; be passed as am. -HJ 1237; Engrossed -HJ 1254
03/24/2010 H FA: Passed as am.; Yeas 65 Nays 57 -HJ 1267
03/24/2010 S Received and introduced -SJ 1263
03/29/2010 S Referred to Federal and State Affairs
05/28/2010 H Died in Senate committee


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We did get some good out of that session though. Check out the new stuff on the KS Attorney General's Website - there you will find all the data and changes to the Kansas statutes governing concealed carry in KS.

www.ksag.org and click on the concealed carry link - right side of the page.

Thanks for the info.