Bills › 88th General Assembly
Relating to persons authorized to carry firearms on school grounds, including in a school building
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2020
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to persons authorized to carry firearms on school grounds, including in a school building. Current law generally prohibits a person from going armed with, carrying, or transporting a firearm of any kind on school grounds. The bill authorizes a governing school body, as defined in the bill, to designate person per 100 students, or a fraction of 100 if there are more than 100 students in a school building, to be armed with a firearm to assist in providing safety to students and personnel in that school building.
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The person shall be recommended by the county sheriff for the county in which a majority of the students in the school district or nonpublic school reside and the individual shall have completed school safety training approved by the county sheriff. The county sheriff shall approve the type of firearm the person shall be allowed to carry on the school grounds. The bill provides immunity from prosecution or damage claims to the person if the person acts within the scope of the person’s authority granted by a governing school body to protect students or personnel in the school building in which the person is authorized to be armed. The designated person shall serve for the school year in which the person is designated unless the governing school body votes to remove the person’s designation prior to the end of the school year. The governing school body may designate the person to serve for additional years without requiring additional training, but the county sheriff may recommend and the governing school body may approve additional training.