1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; establishing a pilot program to issue grants to local law
1.3 enforcement agencies to purchase equipment to respond to active shooters in
1.4 schools; appropriating money.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSE EQUIPMENT PILOT PROGRAM.
1.7 Subdivision 1.Pilot program establishment.The commissioner of public safety must
1.8establish and administer an active shooter response equipment pilot program to award grants
1.9to eligible law enforcement agencies under this section.
1.10 Subd. 2.Eligibility; grant awards; maximums.Each local law enforcement agency
1.11that does not have, or that has an insufficient quantity of, equipment needed to respond to
1.12active shooter incidents at the public schools located in the agency's jurisdiction may apply
1.13for a grant. Grant funds must be used to purchase equipment needed to respond to active
1.14shooter incidents within schools. In awarding grants, the commissioner must give priority
1.15to agencies that do not have active shooter response equipment. A grant under the pilot
1.16program must not exceed a total of $....... per agency.
1.17 Subd. 3.Application.An applicant shall submit a completed form prepared and provided
1.18by the commissioner of public safety. In addition to any other information required by the
1.19commissioner, each application must identify the schools in the agency's jurisdiction by the
1.20grades enrolled at the school, the number of students attending the school, and the specific
1.21challenges the school's location and design present in responding to an active shooter
1.22incident. An application must also include a plan to store the active shooter response
1.23equipment in a location that maximizes rapid access to the equipment during an active
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State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 556
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Quam02/13/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy 2.1shooter incident at public schools within the applicant's jurisdiction. The proposed equipment
2.2storage plan of an applicant must assess the feasibility of storing active shooter response
2.3equipment in secure locations within public schools.
2.4 Sec. 2. ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSE EQUIPMENT PILOT PROGRAM;
2.5APPROPRIATION.
2.6 $....... in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
2.7public safety to establish and operate the active shooter response equipment pilot program.
2.8This is a onetime appropriation.
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