Bill allowing guns at churches with schools triggers debate, but heads to Senate floor anyway The bill garnered pushback from several religious groups. A bill that would allow Floridians with concealed weapons permits to carry a gun in religious institutions, even if there is a school on the property, is on to the Senate floor. The Senate Rules Committee heard the House version of the bill ( Joe Gruters, who sponsored the Senate version of the bill ( SB 498), presented it to the committee, which voted 10-6 to send it to the Senate Floor on a party-line vote. Although Florida law does not prevent a person from carrying a gun into a religious institution, current statute does prohibit individuals from bringing firearms into houses of worship located on the same property as a school. This proposal would change that.