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HB 1656 School security officers; employment by private or religious schools, carrying a firearm.
Introduced by: Mark L. Cole | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
School security officers; employment by private or religious schools; carrying a firearm in performance of duties. Allows private or religious schools to employ a school security officer and to authorize a school security officer to carry a firearm in the performance of his duties, subject to the same criteria for carrying a firearm in the performance of his duties imposed on a school security officer employed by the local school board. The bill also updates the definition of school security officer in the assault and battery statute.
FULL TEXT
- 11/29/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100833D pdf | impact statement
- 02/13/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1656ER) pdf | impact statement
- 02/21/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0120) pdf
HISTORY
- 11/29/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100833D
- 11/29/18 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/11/19 House: Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/16/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/19 House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/19 House: Read first time
- 01/24/19 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/25/19 House: Read third time and passed House (78-Y 16-N)
- 01/25/19 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (78-Y 16-N)
- 01/28/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/28/19 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/06/19 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/19 Senate: Read third time
- 02/11/19 Senate: Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
- 02/13/19 House: Enrolled
- 02/13/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1656ER)
- 02/13/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/14/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/15/19 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 15, 2019
- 02/15/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2019
- 02/21/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 120 (effective 7/1/19)
- 02/21/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0120)