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SF2280Introduced in the Senate

A bill for an act relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including authorizing a member of the general assembly, judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons, establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a general assembly member or a judicial officer or a general assembly member's or a judicial officer's immediate family, and considering true threats to public officials as harassment, and providing penalties. (Formerly SSB 3087.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

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Introduced by Judiciary

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Official description

A bill for an act relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including authorizing a member of the general assembly, judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons, establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a general assembly member or a judicial officer or a general assembly member's or a judicial officer's immediate family, and considering true threats to public officials as harassment, and providing penalties. (Formerly SSB 3087.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

Where it stands

Fiscal note.

May 14, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: Shall the bill pass? · April 8, 2026

91

Yes

2

No

7

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Bill history

  1. Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 252.

  2. Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 260.

  3. Fiscal note.

  4. Amendment S-5027 filed, adopted. S.J. 387.

  5. Passed Senate, yeas 45, nays 2. S.J. 387.

  6. Immediate message. S.J. 388.

  7. Message from Senate. H.J. 399.

  8. Read first time, passed on file. H.J. 416.

  9. Amendment H-8114 filed. H.J. 525.

  10. Fiscal note.

  11. Placed on calendar under unfinished business. H.J. 691.

  12. Substituted for HF 2533. H.J. 842.

  13. Amendment H-8114 withdrawn. H.J. 842.

  14. Passed House, yeas 91, nays 2. H.J. 843.

  15. Immediate message. H.J. 863.

  16. Message from House. S.J. 762.

  17. Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor. S.J. 1028.

  18. Signed by Governor. S.J. 1031.

  19. Fiscal note.

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