This document includes Senate 3rd Reading Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 11:47 AM by lpoole.
Senator Todd Weiler proposes the following substitute bill:


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FIREARM SAFETY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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2016 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Todd Weiler

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House Sponsor: Daniel McCay

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8     LONG TITLE
9     General Description:
10          This bill provides for firearm safety and violence prevention instruction in public
11     schools.
12     Highlighted Provisions:
13          This bill:
14          ▸     creates a pilot program to provide instruction to certain public school students on
15     firearm safety and violence prevention;
16          ▸     directs the Office of the Attorney General, in collaboration with the State Board of
17     Education, to select a provider to supply materials and curriculum for the instruction
18     to be provided under the pilot program;
19          ▸     provides a reporting requirement; and
20          ▸     provides a sunset date.
21     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
22          This bill appropriates in fiscal year 2017:
23          ▸     to the Attorney General - Attorney General, as a one-time appropriation:
24               •     from the Ŝ→ [
General] Education ←Ŝ Fund, One-time, $75,000.
25     Other Special Clauses:

26          None
27     Utah Code Sections Affected:
28     AMENDS:
29          63I-1-253, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapters 62, 431, and 442
30     ENACTS:
31          53A-13-106.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
32     REPEALS:
33          53A-13-106, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
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35     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
36          Section 1. Section 53A-13-106.5 is enacted to read:
37          53A-13-106.5. Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention Pilot Program.
38          (1) As used in this section:
39          (a) "District school" means a public school under the control of a local school board
40     elected under Title 20A, Chapter 14, Nomination and Election of State and Local School
41     Boards.
42          (b) "Firearm" means a pistol, revolver, shotgun, short barreled shotgun, rifle, or short
43     barreled rifle, or a device that could be used as a dangerous weapon from which is expelled a
44     projectile by action of an explosive.
45          (c) "Pilot program" means the Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention Pilot Program
46     created under Subsection (2).
47          (2) There is created a Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention Pilot Program to provide
48     instruction that a public school may offer to a student in any of grades 5 through 12 on:
49          (a) firearm safety, including:
50          (i) developing the knowledge, habits, skills, and attitudes necessary for the safe
51     handling of firearms; and
52          (ii) teaching a student that to avoid injury when the student finds a firearm the student
53     should:
54          (A) not touch the firearm;
55          (B) tell an adult about finding the firearm and the location of the firearm; and
56          (C) share the information described in Subsection (2)(a)(ii)(A) and (B) with any other

57     minors who are with the student when the student finds the firearm; and
58          (b) what to do if the student becomes aware of a threat against the school.
59          (3) The instruction described in Subsection (2):
60          (a) may be delivered:
61          (i) in a public school using live instruction or a video or online materials; or
62          (ii) at home using a video or online materials; and
63          (b) shall be neutral of political statements on guns.
64          (4) The Office of the Attorney General, in collaboration with the State Board of
65     Education, shall select one or more providers, through the standard procurement process or an
66     exception to the standard procurement process as described in Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah
67     Procurement Code, to supply materials and curriculum for the pilot program.
68          (5) (a) A district school or charter school may participate in the pilot program, subject
69     to approval by the district school's local school board or charter school's charter school
70     governing board.
71          (b) A district school or charter school that chooses to participate in the pilot program:
72          (i) shall use the materials and curriculum supplied by the provider selected under
73     Subsection (4);
74          (ii) may permit the following to provide instruction on a voluntary basis:
75          (A) the Division of Wildlife Resources;
76          (B) a local law enforcement agency;
77          (C) a peace officer, as defined in Section 53-13-102; or
78          (D) another certified firearms safety instructor, as defined in rules made by the State
79     Board of Education in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking
80     Act; and
81          (iii) shall ensure that a firearm is not used in providing the instruction.
82          (c) A student may not be given the instruction described in Subsection (2) unless the
83     student's parent or legal guardian has given prior written consent.
84          (6) The Office of the Attorney General, in collaboration with the State Board of
85     Education shall evaluate the pilot program and report to the Law Enforcement and Criminal
86     Justice Interim Committee on or before December 1, 2018.
87          Section 2. Section 63I-1-253 is amended to read:

88          63I-1-253. Repeal dates, Titles 53, 53A, and 53B.
89          The following provisions are repealed on the following dates:
90          [(1) Section 53-3-232, Conditional license, is repealed July 1, 2015.]
91          [(2)] (1) Subsection 53-10-202(18) is repealed July 1, 2018.
92          [(3)] (2) Section 53-10-202.1 is repealed July 1, 2018.
93          [(4)] (3) Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 6, Public Education Job Enhancement Program is
94     repealed July 1, 2020.
95          (4) Section 53A-13-106.5 is repealed July 1, 2019.
96          (5) The State Instructional Materials Commission, created in Section 53A-14-101, is
97     repealed July 1, 2016.
98          (6) Section 53A-15-106 is repealed July 1, 2019.
99          (7) Subsections 53A-16-113(3) and (4) are repealed December 31, 2016.
100          (8) Section 53A-16-114 is repealed December 31, 2016.
101          (9) Section 53A-17a-163, Performance-based Compensation Pilot Program is repealed
102     July 1, 2016.
103          (10) Section 53B-24-402, Rural residency training program, is repealed July 1, 2020.
104          (11) Subsection 53C-3-203(4)(b)(vii), which provides for the distribution of money
105     from the Land Exchange Distribution Account to the Geological Survey for test wells, other
106     hydrologic studies, and air quality monitoring in the West Desert, is repealed July 1, 2020.
107          Section 3. Appropriation.
108          Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act, for
109     the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, the following sums of money
110     are appropriated from resources not otherwise appropriated, or reduced from amounts
111     previously appropriated, out of the funds or accounts indicated. These sums of money are in
112     addition to any amounts previously appropriated for fiscal year 2017.
113          To Attorney General - Attorney General
114               From Ŝ→ [
General] Education ←Ŝ Fund, One-time
$75,000

115               Schedule of Programs:
116                    Administration                         $75,000
117          The Legislature intends that appropriations provided under this section:
118          (1) be used for the Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention Pilot Program described in

119     Section 53A-13-106.5; and
120          (2) under Section 63J-1-603, not lapse at the close of fiscal year 2017.
121          Section 4. Repealer.
122          This bill repeals:
123          Section 53A-13-106, Instruction in firearm safety -- Purpose -- School districts to
124     implement volunteer education classes -- Parental consent exception.