A192 • 2026

Provides that school district may not prohibit active or retired law enforcement officer or registered security officer from carrying firearm in performance of school security duties if authorized under State law to carry.

Education Firearms

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Fantasia, Dawn
Last action: 2026-01-13
Official status: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Provides that school district may not prohibit active or retired law enforcement officer or registered security officer from carrying firearm in performance of school security duties if authorized under State law to carry.

What This Bill Does

Provides that school district may not prohibit active or retired law enforcement officer or registered security officer from carrying firearm in performance of school security duties if authorized under State law to carry.
Topic: Education Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Provides that school district may not prohibit active or retired law enforcement officer or registered security officer from carrying firearm in performance of school security duties if authorized under State law to carry.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A192

ASSEMBLY, No. 192

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman DAWN FANTASIA

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Auth

SYNOPSIS

���� Provides that school district may not prohibit active
or retired law enforcement officer or registered security officer from carrying
firearm in performance of school security duties if authorized under State law
to carry.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act
concerning security in public schools and supplementing
chapter 41 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Notwithstanding the
provisions of subsection e. of N.J.S.2C:39-5 or any other section of law to the
contrary, a school district that enters into an agreement for the provision of
school security services with an active or retired law enforcement officer,
including a safe schools resource officer or a Class Three special law
enforcement officer, or with a security officer registered under the provisions
of the �Security Officer Registration Act,� P.L.2004, c.134 (C.45:19A-1 et
seq.), shall not prohibit that officer from carrying a firearm in school
buildings or on school grounds in the performance of his school security duties
if that officer is authorized under State law to carry such firearm.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill provides that if a
school district enters into an agreement for the provision of school security
services with an active or retired law enforcement officer, including a safe
schools resource officer or a Class Three special law enforcement officer, or
with a security officer registered under the �Security Officer Registration
Act,� P.L.2004, c.134 (C.45:19A-1 et seq.), the school district may not
prohibit that officer from carrying a firearm in school buildings or on school
grounds in the performance of his school security duties if that officer is
authorized under State law to carry such a firearm.

���� In the wake of the recent
school shooting tragedy, many communities have sought the assignment of active
or retired law enforcement officers or armed security officers in the public
schools.� However, some boards of education have prohibited these officers from
actually carrying a firearm in the performance of their school security
duties.� This prohibition does not reflect the desire of many of the residents
of these communities who seek the level of protection that an armed officer
would provide.� This bill would prohibit a school district from imposing such a
restriction.