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HB 251: School Safety

GENERAL BILL by Rogers

School Safety; Provides that state sales & use taxes collected on firearms & ammunition shall be allocated to Safe Schools Trust Fund; provides that exception to prohibition on open carrying of weapons for certain nonlethal weapons does not apply to persons, other than school faculty or staff members, within school safety zones; provides that person within school safety zone who is carrying weapon or firearm in violation of specified provisions may avoid charges by surrendering weapon or firearm to specified person at earliest opportunity if person has committed no other offense involving weapon or firearm within zone; provides that license to carry concealed weapon or firearm does not authorize any person to openly carry handgun or carry concealed weapon or firearm in school safety zone; requires school district's guidance plan to include mandatory guidance counseling for certain students in school safety issues.

Effective Date: 7/1/2015
Last Action: 4/28/2015 House - Died in Finance and Tax Committee
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/13/2015 House • Filed
    1/22/2015 House • Referred to Finance and Tax Committee; Appropriations Committee; Education Committee -HJ 25
    3/3/2015 House • Introduced -HJ 25
    4/28/2015 House • Died in Finance and Tax Committee

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  • HB 251, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/13/2015 at 3:59 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 255 Trust Funds/Creation/Safe Schools Trust Fund/DOE Rogers Linked Last Action: 4/28/2015 H Died in Finance and Tax Committee
    Location: In committee/council (FTC)
    S 754 School Safety Bullard Similar Last Action: 5/1/2015 S Died in Finance and Tax
    Location: In committee/council (FT)
    S 756 Safe Schools Trust Fund/Department of Education Bullard Compare Last Action: 5/1/2015 S Died in Finance and Tax
    Location: In committee/council (FT)

    Citations - Statutes (13)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    11.45 Definitions; duties; authorities; reports; rules. Page 6 (pdf)
    202.18 Allocation and disposition of tax proceeds. Page 6 (pdf)
    212.20 Funds collected, disposition; additional powers of department; operational expense; refund of taxes adjudicated unconstitutionally collected. Page 2 (pdf)
    218.245 Revenue sharing; apportionment. Page 7 (pdf)
    218.65 Emergency distribution. Page 8 (pdf)
    288.11621 Spring training baseball franchises. Page 10 (pdf)
    288.11625 Sports development. Page 11 (pdf)
    288.11631 Retention of Major League Baseball spring training baseball franchises. Page 15 (pdf)
    288.1169 International Game Fish Association World Center facility. Page 18 (pdf)
    790.053 Open carrying of weapons. Page 2 (pdf)
    790.0535 Page 3 (pdf)
    790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or firearm. Page 4 (pdf)
    1006.025 Guidance services. Page 5 (pdf)

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