Student discipline; expulsion due to firearm or drug offenses. (HB752)
Introduced By
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Description
Student expulsion; pneumatic guns. Removes pneumatic guns from the list of weapons that require a school board to expel from school attendance for a period of not less than one year any student whom such school board has determined to have possessed such a weapon on school property or at a school-sponsored activity. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
Date | Action |
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01/07/2014 | Committee |
01/07/2014 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101497D |
01/07/2014 | Referred to Committee on Education |
01/10/2014 | Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education |
01/29/2014 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) |
02/03/2014 | Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/04/2014 | Read first time |
02/05/2014 | Read second time and engrossed |
02/06/2014 | Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N) |
02/06/2014 | VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
02/07/2014 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/07/2014 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
02/20/2014 | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/20/2014 | Committee substitute printed 14105041D-S1 |
02/21/2014 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
02/24/2014 | Read third time |
02/24/2014 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/24/2014 | Committee substitute agreed to 14105041D-S1 |
02/24/2014 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB752S1 |
02/24/2014 | Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) |
02/25/2014 | Placed on Calendar |
02/26/2014 | Senate substitute agreed to by House 14105041D-S1 (98-Y 0-N) |
02/26/2014 | VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/03/2014 | Enrolled |
03/03/2014 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB752ER) |
03/03/2014 | Signed by Speaker |
03/06/2014 | Signed by President |
04/07/2014 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 765 (effective 7/1/14) |
04/07/2014 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0765) |
Comments
I have to add one note here look at this website for what can be considered as pneumatic guns http://www.airgundepot.com/pre-charged-pneumatic-air-rifles.html. And, here http://www.airforceairguns.com/. The simple BB gun still exists, but it exists along side very high grade target weapons that can carry a projectile equivalent to a 22 caliber rifle.
I use a cheap B&B gun to control rabbits and other small animals on my farm. The B&B gun KILLS. There have been newspaper accounts of children being killed by B&B guns.
There is no rational excuse for excepting pneumatic guns from the list of prohibited items in our schools.
You should be happy to know that HB752 has not passed, but SB441 has. It passed in both the Senate and the House and retains the prohibition for pneumatic guns on school grounds.
HB752 did pass today but with amendments from Senate that keep pneumatic guns in the list. The final was a well written bill that certainly covered all of my concerns. In my opinion, well done!