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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 523

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Relating to: grants to schools to acquire proactive firearm detection software and making an appropriation. (FE)

Firearms and dangerous weapons Justice department of School — Finance

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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

Under current law, the Department of Justice awards grants to schools to

improve school safety. Currently DOJ awards grants to fund eligible expenditures

such as training, safety-related upgrades to buildings, equipment, and facilities,

and expenditures to provide blueprints or mapping data to law enforcement.

This bill requires DOJ to award grants of up to $325,000 to schools to acquire

proactive firearm detection software and provides $4,000,000 in the 2023-25 fiscal

biennium for the grants. Under the bill, schools must apply for the grants jointly

with the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the school. If the funding is

insufficient to award grants to all eligible applicants, the bill requires DOJ to award

the grants to qualified applicants in the order that the applications were received.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cabral-Guevara (R) , Feyen (R) , James (R) , L. Johnson (D) , Quinn (R) , Wanggaard (R)

21 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Armstrong (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Callahan (R) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Edming (R) , Goeben (R) , Green (R) , Michalski (R) , Mursau (R) , Nedweski (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Rettinger (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Schmidt (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Stubbs (D) , Summerfield (R)

Full history

  1. Oct 16, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, James, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, L. Johnson and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Callahan, Spiros, Allen, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Donovan, Edming, Goeben, Green, Michalski, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Rettinger, Rodriguez, Schmidt, Steffen and Summerfield

  2. Oct 16, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Jan 9, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor

  4. Jan 17, 2024 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard

  5. Jan 17, 2024 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard

  6. Jan 17, 2024 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1