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STATE OF WYOMING
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0102
School safety and security amendments.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Bear, Allemand, Andrew,
Angelos, Banks, Berger, Burkhart, Clouston,
Haroldson, Heiner, Hornok, Jennings, Knapp,
Neiman, Olsen, Ottman, Pendergraft,
Rodriguez-Williams, Singh, Slagle, Smith,
Strock, Trujillo, Ward and Winter and Senator(s) Brennan, Laursen, D and Steinmetz
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to education; requiring board of trustees
2 to submit a written statement explaining the reasons the
3 board did not adopt rules to allow possession of firearms
4 by school district employees as specified; authorizing
5 funds to be expended for a statewide marketing campaign to
6 promote the school districts' authority to allow possession
7 of firearms by school district employees as provided by
8 law; providing an appropriation; providing for
9 severability; and providing for an effective date.
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11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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13 Section 1. W.S. 21-3-132(a) is amended to read:
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2 21-3-132. Possession of firearms on school property.
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4 (a) The board of trustees in each school district may
5 adopt rules and regulations, in consultation with local law
6 enforcement, to allow the possession of firearms by
7 employees possessing a valid concealed carry permit under
8 W.S. 6-8-104 on or in any property or facility owned or
9 leased by the school district. Employees of a school
10 district who hold a valid concealed carry permit issued
11 under W.S. 6-8-104 may carry a concealed firearm on or into
12 school facilities or other areas designated by the board of
13 trustees, provided the employing school district has
14 adopted rules and regulations that allow possession of
15 firearms on school property and the employee has received
16 approval by the board of trustees as required by this
17 section. Each board of trustees of each school district
18 shall submit a statement in writing to the department of
19 education explaining the reasons the board did not adopt
20 rules allowing the possession of firearms by employees as
21 authorized under this subsection.
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1 Section 2. There is appropriated one hundred thousand
2 dollars ($100,000.00) from the general fund to the
3 department of education for purposes of implementing a
4 statewide marketing campaign to promote school districts'
5 authority to allow possession of firearms by school
6 district employees under W.S. 21-3-132. This appropriation
7 shall be for the period beginning July 1, 2024 and ending
8 June 30, 2026. This appropriation shall not be transferred
9 or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended,
10 unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation on June
11 30, 2026 shall revert as provided by law. It is the intent
12 of the legislature that this appropriation not be included
13 in the department of education's standard budget for the
14 immediately succeeding fiscal biennium.
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16 Section 3. If any provision of this act or the
17 application thereof to any person or circumstance is held
18 invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions
19 or applications of this act which can be given effect
20 without the invalid provision or application and to this
21 end the provisions of this act are severable.
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1 Section 4. This act is effective July 1, 2024.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 21-3-132