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HB0102 • 2024

School safety and security amendments.

AN ACT relating to education; requiring board of trustees to submit a written statement explaining the reasons the board did not adopt rules to allow possession of firearms by school district employees as specified; authorizing funds to be expended for a statewide marketing campaign to promote the school districts' authority to allow possession of firearms by school district employees as provided by law; providing an appropriation; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.

Education Firearms Labor
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Bear
Last action
2024-02-14
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2024

Plain English Breakdown

The bill's status is 'Did Not Pass', so none of its provisions will become law.

School Safety and Security Changes

The bill requires school boards to explain why they did not allow employees with concealed carry permits to have firearms on school property, and it funds a marketing campaign to promote this option.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires each board of trustees in a school district to write an explanation if the board does not adopt rules allowing employees with valid concealed carry permits to possess firearms on school grounds.
  • Authorizes $100,000 from the general fund for a statewide marketing campaign to promote the authority of schools to allow armed employees as provided by law.

Who It Names or Affects

  • School boards and their trustees
  • Employees with concealed carry permits who want to bring firearms to school

Terms To Know

concealed carry permit
A special license that allows someone to legally hide a gun on their body or in a bag.
severability
The idea that if one part of a law is not allowed, the rest of the law can still be used.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and will not become a law.
  • It does not specify how much money schools would receive to follow these rules.
  • It only addresses allowing employees to have guns; it doesn't mention students or visitors.

Bill History

  1. 2024-02-14 House

    H Failed Introduction 35-26-1-0-0

  2. 2024-02-01 House

    H Received for Introduction

  3. 2024-02-01 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
24LSO-0170
2024
STATE OF WYOMING
24LSO-0170
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0102

School safety and security amendments.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Bear, Allemand, Andrew, Angelos, Banks, Berger, Burkhart, Clouston, Haroldson, Heiner, Hornok, Jennings, Knapp, Neiman, Olsen, Ottman, Pendergraft, Rodriguez-Williams, Singh, Slagle, Smith, Strock, Trujillo, Ward and Winter and Senator(s) Brennan, Laursen, D and Steinmetz

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to education; requiring board of trustees to submit a written statement explaining the reasons the board did not adopt rules to allow possession of firearms by school district employees as specified; authorizing funds to be expended for a statewide marketing campaign to promote the school districts' authority to allow possession of firearms by school district employees as provided by law; providing an appropriation; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 21
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132(a) is amended to read:

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132.

Possession of firearms on school property.

(a)

The board of trustees in each school district may adopt rules and regulations, in consultation with local law enforcement, to allow the possession of firearms by employees possessing a valid concealed carry permit under W.S. 6
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104 on or in any property or facility owned or leased by the school district. Employees of a school district who hold a valid concealed carry permit issued under W.S. 6
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104 may carry a concealed firearm on or into school facilities or other areas designated by the board of trustees, provided the employing school district has adopted rules and regulations that allow possession of firearms on school property and the employee has received approval by the board of trustees as required by this section.
Each board of trustees of each school district shall submit a statement in writing to the department of education explaining the reasons the board did not adopt rules allowing the possession of firearms by employees as authorized under this subsection.

Section 2.

There is appropriated one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) from the general fund to the department of education for purposes of implementing a statewide marketing campaign to promote school districts' authority to allow possession of firearms by school district employees under W.S. 21
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132. This appropriation shall be for the period beginning July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2026. This appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation on June 30, 2026 shall revert as provided by law. It is the intent of the legislature that this appropriation not be included in the department of education's standard budget for the immediately succeeding fiscal biennium.

Section 3.

If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.

Section 4
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This act is effective July 1, 2024
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