Proposed South Carolina Firearm Legislation S0115
Legislation Overview
Title: School Safety
Description: Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "guardians Of Our Schools Act"; By Adding Article 3 To Chapter 66, Title 59 So As To Provide That Beginning With The 2024-2025 School Year, The Governing Boards Of Public K-12 Schools May Designate Employees As School Guardians To Provide Armed Protection And Other Related Public Safety Functions On Their Campuses, To Define Related Terminology, And To Provide Related Requirements; By Adding Section 23-23-112 So As To Provide The Law Enforcement Council Must Develop A Training Program And Guidelines For School Guardians That Must Be Offered By The Criminal Justice Academy; And By Amending Section 16-23-420, Relating To Exemptions From The Prohibition On Possession Of Firearm On School Property, So As To Exempt School Guardians.
Session: 126th General Assembly
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Education
Last Action Date: December 11, 2024
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Brian Adams (R); Lawrence Grooms (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 4% (2 of 46)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Dec 11, 2024 | Prefiled |
| Senate | Dec 11, 2024 | Referred to Committee on Education |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Dec 11, 2024 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
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Link: link to state bill page
