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A5129 • 2026

Requires certain school districts to offer Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program.

Requires certain school districts to offer Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Fantasia, Dawn
Last action
2026-05-28
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires certain school districts to offer Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program.

Requires certain school districts to offer Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires certain school districts to offer Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program.
  • Topic: Education Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-28 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires certain school districts to offer Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A5129

ASSEMBLY, No. 5129

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

INTRODUCED MAY 28, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� DAWN FANTASIA

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires certain school districts to offer Eddie
Eagle Gunsafe Program.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act

concerning gun safety instruction for certain
students and supplementing chapter 35 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� The Legislature finds
and declares that:

���� a.���� The National Rifle
Association created the Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program in 1988 to promote the
protection and safety of children.

���� b.��� The Eddie Eagle Gunsafe
Program does not make value judgements as to whether guns are good or bad but
rather promotes the safety of children by teaching preschool and elementary
school students how to respond if they encounter a firearm.

���� c.���� Under the Eddie Eagle
Gunsafe Program, students are taught that, if they encounter a firearm, they
should follow four simple rules: (1) Stop; (2) Don�t Touch; (3) Leave the Area;
and (4) Tell an Adult.

���� d.��� Real firearms are never
used in the instruction, and the program is endorsed by law enforcement
agencies across the United States as an effective method for providing preschool
and elementary school students with gun safety education.

���� 2.��� A school district that
includes preschool through grade five, or any combination thereof, shall
implement the Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program.� The purpose of the educational
program shall be to promote the safety and protection of children.� The
educational program shall emphasize how students should respond if they
encounter a firearm. School personnel and program instructors shall not make
value judgments about firearms. �A school district shall not use or include a
firearm or demonstrate the use of a firearm when teaching the program.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires a school
district that includes preschool through grade five, or any combination
thereof, to implement the Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program.� The purpose of the
educational program is to promote the safety and protection of children and to
emphasize how students should respond if they encounter a firearm.� A school
district may not use or include a firearm or demonstrate the use of a firearm
when teaching the program.

���� The National Rifle Association
created the Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program in 1988 to promote the protection and
safety of children.� The program does not make value judgements as to whether
guns are good or bad but rather promotes the safety of children by teaching preschool
and elementary school students how to respond if they encounter a firearm. Under
the program, students are taught that, if they encounter a firearm, they should
follow four simple rules: (1) Stop; (2) Don�t Touch; (3) Leave the Area; and (4)
Tell an Adult.