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HB0031 • 2025

School safety and security.

AN ACT relating to education; requiring school districts to adopt school safety and security policies; creating duties for the state fire marshal; providing confidentiality requirements; and providing for an effective date.

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Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor
Representative Pendergraft
Last action
2025-02-28
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2025

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass, so its exact implementation details remain uncertain.

School Safety and Security Act

This act requires school districts to create safety policies and provides duties for the state fire marshal regarding door securement devices.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires each school district board of trustees to adopt safety and security policies, including threat assessment procedures, by the year 2026-2027.
  • Ensures that all doors in public schools use secure devices from a list provided by the state fire marshal.
  • Keeps these safety plans confidential and not open for public inspection under the Public Records Act.

Who It Names or Affects

  • School districts in Wyoming
  • The state fire marshal

Terms To Know

Public Records Act
A law that requires certain documents to be open for public inspection, but this act makes school safety plans exempt.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass in its current form.
  • It is unclear how much it will cost to implement these new safety measures.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HB0031HS001

Standing Committee • House Education Committee

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment requires school districts to use door securement devices from an approved list published by the state fire marshal and sets a timeline for this requirement.

  • Adds a new requirement that all door securement devices used in public schools must be on a list of approved devices provided by the state fire marshal starting from the 2026-2027 school year.
  • Replaces existing language with new instructions for the state fire marshal to provide each school district's board of trustees with an updated list of appropriate door securement devices annually, beginning July 1, 2025.
  • The amendment does not specify what criteria will be used by the state fire marshal to determine which door securement devices are approved.
  • It is unclear how existing door securement devices in use before the new requirement will be handled or if there will be a grace period for compliance.
HB0031SW001

Committee of the Whole • Senator Olsen

Filed

Plain English: The amendment requires school districts to ensure that their door securement policies comply with specific fire code sections and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

  • Adds a new requirement for schools to follow Section 1010.2.7 of the State Fire Code when securing doors.
  • Requires compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act in door security measures.
  • The amendment does not specify how schools should implement these requirements or provide additional details on enforcement.
HB0031SS001

Standing Committee • Senate Education Committee

Filed

Plain English: The amendment modifies the bill by adding new requirements for the state construction department's school facilities division to develop safety and security protocols in collaboration with experts and communicate them to schools.

  • Adds a requirement for the school facilities division of the state construction department to create a school safety and security protocol, working with school safety and security experts and the state fire marshal.
  • Requires this protocol to be communicated to school districts.
  • The amendment text does not specify how the existing duties of the school facilities division will be modified or what specific changes will occur beyond adding these new responsibilities.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-28 Senate

    S COW:S Did not consider for COW

  2. 2025-02-26 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  3. 2025-02-26 Senate

    S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0

  4. 2025-02-13 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education

  5. 2025-02-04 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  6. 2025-02-03 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 56-0-6-0-0

  7. 2025-01-31 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2025-01-30 House

    H COW:Passed

  9. 2025-01-28 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2025-01-28 House

    H04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0

  11. 2025-01-22 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education

  12. 2025-01-02 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2024-12-11 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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25LSO-0147
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0147
ENGROSSED
3.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0031

School safety and security.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Pendergraft, Bratten, Brown, L, Clouston, Johnson, Kelly and Webb and Senator(s) Rothfuss

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to education; requiring school districts to adopt school safety and security policies; creating duties for the state fire marshal; providing confidentiality requirements; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 21
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3
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137 is created to read:

21
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3
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137.

School safety and security policies.

(a)

Each school district board of trustees shall adopt safety and security policies, including threat assessment procedures. Not later than school year 2026-2027, all door securement devices utilized in any public school building shall be from the list of approved door securement devices published by the state fire marshal pursuant to W.S. 35-9-107(d).

(b)

The superintendent of each school district shall implement the safety and security policies adopted under subsection (a) of this section.

(c)

A school district's safety and security policies and drafts of the policies shall be confidential and shall not be deemed a public record available for public inspection under the Public Records Act. Each school district board of trustees may develop, discuss and review safety and security policies under this section in executive session not open to the public under W.S. 16
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4
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405(a)(ix) and (xii).

Section 2.

W.S. 21
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3
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110(a) by creating a new paragraph (xliv) and 35
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9
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107 by creating a new subsection (d) are amended to read:

21
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3
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110.

Duties of boards of trustees.

(a)

The board of trustees in each school district shall:

(xliv)

Adopt school safety and security policies in accordance with W.S. 21
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3
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137.

35
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9
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107.

Duties and powers of state fire marshal.

(d)

Not later than July 1, 2025, the state fire marshal shall provide the board of trustees in each school district with a list of door securement devices appropriate to be utilized in K-12 public school buildings. The state fire marshal may update the list of approved devices annually.

Section 3
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This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

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