Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06306 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/29/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6306
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1158
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6306 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1158

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING POSSESSION OF A WEAPON ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 53a-217b of the general statutes be amended regarding criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds to clarify that subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of said section permits school officials and a local board of education to establish a protocol that permits school personnel to possess weapons on school grounds.

Statement of Purpose: 

To protect elementary and secondary school students by clarifying that existing law permits school officials to establish protocols permitting school personnel to possess weapons on school grounds.