Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S256: Storage of Handguns in Private Conveyances and Vessels
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Providing requirements for storage of handguns in private conveyances and vessels; requiring law enforcement agencies to engage in a specified promotional campaign; requiring certain firearms education, safety, and training courses to include instruction on the requirements for storage of handguns in private conveyances and vessels; revising required warnings for transfer or sale of firearms, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to storage of handguns in private conveyances and vessels; amending s. 790.25, F.S.; providing requirements for storage of handguns in private conveyances and vessels; providing definitions; requiring law enforcement agencies to engage in a specified promotional campaign; requiring certain firearms education, safety, and training courses to include instruction on the requirements for storage of handguns in private conveyances and vessels; amending s. 790.175, F.S.; revising required warnings for transfer or sale of firearms; providing criminal penalties…
From the introduced text, October 21, 2025:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to storage of handguns in private conveyances and vessels; amending s. 790.25, F.S.; providing requirements for storage of handguns in private conveyances and vessels; providing definitions; requiring law enforcement agencies to engage in a specified promotional campaign; requiring certain firearms education, safety, and training courses to include instruction on the requirements for storage of handguns in private conveyances and vessels; amending s. 790.175, F.S.; revising required warnings for transfer or sale of firearms; providing criminal penalties; providing a declaration of important state interest; providing effective dates. WHEREAS, on average, at least one gun is stolen from a car every 9 minutes in the United States, and WHEREAS, the rate of gun thefts from cars has tripled in the last decade, showing both consistent increases nearly every year and a marked spike during the COVID-19 pandemic, and WHEREAS, a decade ago, roughly a quarter of gun thefts were from cars, but in 2022, over half of gun thefts were from cars, and WHEREAS, guns are most commonly stolen from cars parked at residences, demonstrating the importance of securely storing guns at all times and locations, and WHEREAS, cities in states with the weakest gun safety laws see nearly 18 times the rate of gun thefts from cars as those in states with the …