Stella Pekarsky
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 36
Primary
School board policies; parental notification; safe storage of firearms in the household. Requires each local school board to develop and implement a policy to require the annual notification of the parent of each student enrolled in the local school division, to be sent by email and, if applicable, SMS text message within 30 calendar days succeeding the first day of each school year, of the parent's legal responsibility to safely store any firearm present in the household, risks associated with improperly stored firearms, statistics relating to firearm-related accidents, injuries, and death among youth, and other tips and strategies. The bill requires each school board to make such parental notification available in multiple languages on its website. This bill is identical to HB 498.
School board policies; parental notification;safe storage of firearms in the household. Requires each localschool board to develop and implement a policy to require the annualnotification of the parent of each student enrolled in the localschool division, to be sent by email and SMS text message within30 calendar days succeeding the first day of each school year, ofthe parent's legal responsibility to safely store any firearm presentin the household, risks associated with improperly stored firearms,statistics relating to firearm-related accidents, injuries, and death among youth, and other tips and strategies. The bill requires eachschool board to make such parental notification available in multiplelanguages on its website.
Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024
Communicated to Governor
Governor's recommendation received by Senate
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
Signed by President
Impact statement from DPB (SB225ER)
Signed by Speaker
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB225ER)
Enrolled
Title replaced 24108005D-H1
House substitute agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N)
Passed House with substitute (53-Y 43-N)
Read third time
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB225H1
VOTE: Passage (53-Y 43-N)
Committee substitute agreed to 24108005D-H1
Read second time
Impact statement from DPB (SB225H1)
Committee substitute printed 24108005D-H1
Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 8-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee on Education
Read first time
Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)
Read second time and engrossed
Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
Rereferred to Education and Health
Rereferred from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N)
Impact statement from DPB (SB225)
Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104957D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104957D | PDF HTML |
| Committee substitute printed 24108005D-H1 | PDF HTML |
| SB225ER | PDF HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Impact Statement: SB225FER122.PDF | |
| Fiscal Impact Statement: SB225FH1122.PDF | |
| Fiscal Impact Statement: SB225F122.PDF | |
| Amendment: SB225AG | HTML |
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