(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a public or private employer may restrict or prohibit its employees, including those with a permit issued or recognized under Section 13A-11-75, Code of Alabama 1975, from carrying firearms while on the employer's property or while engaged in the duties of the person's employment.
(b) A public or private employer may not restrict or prohibit the transportation or storage of a lawfully possessed firearm or ammunition in an employee’s privately owned motor vehicle while parked or operated in a public or private parking area if the employee satisfies all of the following:
(1) The employee either:
a. Has a valid concealed weapon permit; or
b. If the weapon is any firearm legal for use for hunting in Alabama other than a pistol:
i. The employee possesses a valid Alabama hunting license;
ii. The weapon is unloaded at all times on the property;
iii. It is during a season in which hunting is permitted by Alabama law or regulation;
iv. The employee has never been convicted of any crime of violence as that term is
defined in Section 13A-11-70, Code of Alabama 1975, nor of any crime set forth in
Article 6 of Title 13A, Code of Alabama 1975, nor is subject to a Domestic Violence
Order, as that term is defined in Section 13A-6-141, Code of Alabama 1975;
v. The employee does not meet any of the factors set forth in Section 13A-11 75 (a)(1)
a.1-8; and
vi. The employee has no documented prior workplace incidents involving the threat
of physical injury or which resulted in physical injury

(2) The motor vehicle is operated or parked in a location where it is otherwise permitted to be.
(3) The firearm is either of the following:
a. In a motor vehicle attended by the employee, kept from ordinary observation within
the person's motor vehicle.
b. In a motor vehicle unattended by the employee, kept from ordinary observation and
locked within a compartment, container, or in the interior of the person’s privately
owned motor vehicle or in a compartment or container securely affixed to the motor
vehicle.

"Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a person, including a person with a permit issued under Section 13A-11-75(a)(1) or recognized under Section 13A-11-85, Code of Alabama 1975, may not, without the express permission of a person or entity with authority over the premises, knowingly possess or carry a firearm inside any building or facility to which access of unauthorized persons and prohibited articles is limited during normal hours of operation by the continuous posting of guards and the use of other security features, including, but not limited to, magnetometers, key cards, biometric screening devices, or turnstiles or other physical barriers."