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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 496

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Relating to: suspending and expelling a pupil for possession of a firearm at school.

Firearms and dangerous weapons Motor vehicle School — Board School — Discipline and student rights

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates two exceptions to the general requirement that a school board

must suspend and expel a pupil if the school board determines the pupil possessed

a firearm at school or while under the supervision of the school board. The first

exception created under this bill is for a firearm that is lawfully stored inside a locked

vehicle on school property. The second exception applies to the possession of a

firearm for an activity approved and authorized by the school board if the school

board adopts appropriate safeguards to ensure pupil safety. Under current law,

there is an exception for the possession of a firearm while legally hunting in a school

forest, if the school district allows firearms in the school forest. Current law also

allows a school board to make modifications to the requirement to expel a pupil on

a case-by-case basis.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Gannon (R) , Horlacher (R) , Jarchow (R) , Katsma (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Milroy (D) , Mursau (R) , Ripp (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R)

6 cosponsors

LeMahieu (R) , Marklein (R) , Moulton (R) , Olsen (R) , Stroebel (R) , Tiffany (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Jan 18, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 7, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Sep 13, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kleefisch, Felzkowski, Ballweg, E. Brooks, Edming, Gannon, Horlacher, Jarchow, Katsma, Milroy, Mursau, Ripp, Tusler and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senators Tiffany, Moulton, LeMahieu, Marklein, Olsen and Stroebel

  2. Sep 13, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Nov 16, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 11, 2018 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Jan 18, 2018 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  6. Jan 18, 2018 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Jan 18, 2018 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-23-2018 by Committee on Rules

  8. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  9. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Jan 23, 2018 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  11. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  14. Jan 24, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  15. Jan 30, 2018 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  16. Feb 6, 2018 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  17. Feb 7, 2018 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  18. Feb 7, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  19. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1