SB206 • 2026

SCHOOL SUICIDE POLICIES; FIREARM STORAGE

An Act relating to reports of harassment, intimidation, or bullying in schools; relating to parental notification of incidents of harassment, intimidation, or bullying involving students and threats of suicide by students; and establishing the firearm safe storage grant fund.

Children Education Firearms Parental Rights

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: SENATORS TOBIN, Gray-Jackson
Last action: 2026-04-30
Official status: (S) FIN
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included details about limiting students' access to dangerous medicines, which is only partially supported in the official text.

School Policies on Bullying and Suicide Threats; Firearm Storage Grants

This act requires schools to notify parents about bullying incidents involving their children or if a student makes a threat of suicide, provides resources for safe firearm storage, and establishes a grant fund for free safe storage devices.

What This Bill Does

Requires school districts to create plans to inform parents or guardians when their child is involved in bullying or makes a threat of suicide.
Provides information on how to get help from health professionals if a student shows signs of suicidal risk, including limiting access to firearms and lethal medications.
Establishes a grant fund for schools to buy safe storage devices for firearms at no cost.

Who It Names or Affects

Students who are involved in bullying or make threats of suicide will have their parents notified by the school district.
Parents and guardians of students involved in incidents of harassment, intimidation, or bullying, as well as those whose children threaten suicide.
School districts that receive funding for safe storage devices.

Terms To Know

Firearm Safe Storage Device: A lock box, safe, cable lock, or other device used to prevent unauthorized access to a firearm and store it safely.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how schools should handle bullying incidents that do not involve threats of suicide.
It is unclear if the grant fund will have enough money to provide safe storage devices for all school districts that need them.

Bill History

2026-04-30 Text
(S) Heard & Held
2026-04-30 Text
(S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
2026-03-11 1907
(S) REFERRED TO FINANCE
2026-03-11 1907
(S) FN2: ZERO(EED)
2026-03-11 1907
(S) FN1: (DPS)
2026-03-11 1907
(S) DP: TOBIN, GIESSEL
2026-03-11 1907
(S) NR: DUNBAR, MYERS
2026-03-11 1906
(S) HSS RPT CS 2NR 2DP NEW TITLE
2026-03-10 Text
(S) Moved CSSB 206(HSS) Out of Committee
2026-03-10 Text
(S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
2026-02-24 Text
(S) Heard & Held
2026-02-24 Text
(S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
2026-02-10 Text
(S) Heard & Held
2026-02-10 Text
(S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
2026-01-22 1499
(S) COSPONSOR(S): GRAY-JACKSON
2026-01-21 1480
(S) HSS, FIN
2026-01-21 1480
(S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
2026-01-09 1480
(S) PREFILE RELEASED 1/9/26

Official Summary Text

SCHOOL SUICIDE POLICIES; FIREARM STORAGE
An Act relating to reports of harassment, intimidation, or bullying in schools; relating to parental notification of incidents of harassment, intimidation, or bullying involving students and threats of suicide by students; and establishing the firearm safe storage grant fund.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

SB0206B -1- CSSB 206(HSS)
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34-LS1233\I

CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 206(HSS)

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION

BY THE SENATE HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE

Offered: 3/11/26
Referred: Finance

Sponsor(s): SENATORS TOBIN, Gray-Jackson
A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act relating to parental notification of incidents of harassment, intimidation, or 1
bullying involving students and threats of suicide by students; and establishing the 2
firearm safe storage grant fund." 3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 4
* Section 1. AS 14.33 is amended by adding a new section to read: 5
Sec. 14.33.240. Parental notification. A school district may adopt a plan to 6
notify the parents or guardians of a student of an incident of harassment, intimidation, 7
or bullying involving the student or a threat of suicide by the student. A school district 8
that notifies a parent or guardian about a threat of suicide under this section shall 9
provide to the parent or guardian suicide prevention and crisis intervention resources, 10
including information about how to 11
(1) obtain a suicide risk screening or assessment from a health care 12
professional; 13
(2) limit a student's access to firearms and lethal medications; 14
34-LS1233\I
CSSB 206(HSS) -2- SB0206B
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(3) securely store firearms, ammunition, and lethal medications, 1
including in a safe storage device; and 2
(4) request a free safe storage device from the firearm safe storage 3
grant fund established under AS 44.21.070. 4
* Sec. 2. AS 44.21 is amended by adding a new section to article 1 to read: 5
Sec. 44.21.070. Firearm safe storage grant fund. (a) The firearm safe storage 6
grant fund is established in the general fund. The department shall manage the fund 7
and may use money in the fund without further appropriation to purchase firearm safe 8
storage devices and distribute the devices at no cost to school districts or to hunter or 9
firearm safety programs that are administered by a school district. Money in the fund 10
does not lapse. The fund consists of money appropriated to the fund, including grant 11
money the department receives for the purpose of providing to school districts firearm 12
safe storage devices and funds to purchase firearm safe storage devices, and donations 13
to the fund. 14
(b) Nothing in this section creates a dedicated fund. 15
(c) The department may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative 16
Procedure Act) to implement this section. 17
(d) In this section, 18
(1) "department" means the Department of Administration; 19
(2) "firearm safe storage device" means a lock box, safe, cable lock, or 20
other device that is used to prevent unauthorized access to a firearm or to store a 21
firearm. 22
* Sec. 3. AS 44.29.350 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 23
(b) The council may advise a school district of appropriate materials and 24
reference lists that the district may provide to a parent or guardian under the 25
circumstances described in AS 14.33.240. 26