Revises provisions relating to the safe storage of firearms. (BDR 15-47)
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SB 294 — Revises provisions relating to the safe storage of firearms. (BDR 15-47)
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 15, 2023. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Joe Lombardo (Republican) on June 14, 2023.
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The updated version of Senate Bill No. 294 includes several important changes aimed at improving firearm safety. It now mandates that licensed gun dealers provide a locking device with each firearm sale and post clear warnings about the legal consequences of unsafe firearm storage. Additionally, the bill requires school districts and charter schools to incorporate specific protocols for responding to active shooter situations and mandates training for school police on active assailant movement techniques. These changes are significant as they aim to enhance safety measures surrounding firearms, potentially reducing the risk of accidental injuries and increasing preparedness in schools.
(ReprintedSenate withBill amendmentsNo. adopted on April 24, 2023) FIRST REPRINT S.B.
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FLORESHarris ,and D.Scheible Joint Sponsor:
HAssemblywoman ARRISBilbray-Axelrod ANDCHAPTER.......... SCHEIBLE M ARCH 15, 2023 ____________ Referred to Committee on Judiciary SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to the safe storage of firearms.
(BDR 15-47) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
May have Fiscal Impact.
Effect on the State:
Yes.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
Existingchild law:to handle, possess or control a firearm under certain circumstances;
(1)(2) prohibitsprovides that a person fromdoes aidingnot aid or knowingly permittingpermit a child to handle,violate possesssuch existing law if the firearm was stored in a securely locked container or controlat a firearmlocation underwhich certaina circumstances;reasonable person would have believed to be secure;
(2)and provides(3) thatmakes ait person does not aid or knowingly permit a child to violate such existing law if the firearm was stored in a securely locked container or at a location misdemeanor to negligently store or leave a firearm at a location under his or her control, if a person knows or has reason to know that there is a substantial risk that a child, who is otherwise prohibited from handling, possessing or controlling a firearm,fireSection may4 obtainof suchthis bill requires a firearm.licensed dealer to:
(NRS 202.300) Section 4 of this bill requires a licensed dealer to:
and -(2) *SB294_R1*post –in 2a –conspicuous location on its premises a notice which informs a buyer that the negligent storage of a firearm may result in imprisonment or a fine.
AerA licensed dealer who violates a requirement of section 4 is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $500.
Section 5 of this bill makes a conforming change to indicate the proper placement of section 4 in the Nevada Revised Statutes.
to indicate the proper placement of section 4 in the Nevada Existing law requires the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school to establish a development committee to develop a plan to be used by the schools in the district or the charter school in isresponding required to develop a plancrisis, whichemergency constitutesor thesuicide. minimum requirements of a plan, for a school to use.
(NRSSuch 388.241,a 388.243)committee, Sectionunder 9.1existing oflaw, thisis billrequired requiresto suchdevelop a plan towhich include,constitutes if the schoolminimum districtrequirements hasof school police officers, a plan tofor coordinatea withschool local law enforcement agencies to trainuse. school police officers in active assailant movement techniques.
In(NRS a388.241, 388.243) school districtpolice whichofficers, hasa moreplan thanto 50,000coordinate pupilswith enrolledlocal inlaw itsenforcement schools,agencies sectiontot 9.1has additionallytrain requiresschool thepolice planofficers toin includeactive aassailant planmovement to:techniques.
(1)Section coordinate9.1 withadditionally localrequires lawthe enforcementplan agencies or public safety organizations to provideinclude activea assailantplan trainingsto: to certain employees of the school district;
(2)(1) providecoordinate certainwith supportlocal tolaw thatenforcement aagencies pupil’sor parentspublic orsafety legalorganizations guardiansto areprovide notifiedactive ofassailant a- crisis82nd orSession an(2023) emergency– through2 any– communicationtrainings methodto establishedemployees byof a school;
(2) provide certain support to pupils and ensure that members of the faculty and staff and a pupil’s parents or legal guardians are notified of the occurrence, development and conclusion of a crisis or an emergency through any communication method established by a school;
(NRS 388A.384, 391.281) Sections 9.2 and 9.3 of this bill require school police officers serviceto asreceive atraining schoolin policeactive officer.assailant movement techniques before beginning their movement techniques” and “active assailant training” for the purpose of sectionsant 9.1-9.3.
Section 9.1 defines the terms “active assailant movement techniques” and “active assailant training” for the purpose of sections 9.1-9.3.
(NRS 439.511) Section 10 of this bill requires the Program, in consultation with the Department and to the extent that money is available, to develop and implement a safe firearm storage education campaign to inform and educate certain persons about certain information relating to the safe storage of firearms.
(1) develop and provide to local law enforcement agencies and health care providers certain materials relating to the safe storage of firearms;
Under section 10, the Department of Health and Human Services is required to post on the Internet or network site certain information about community programs that allow owners of firearms to voluntarily and temporarily stoSectionstore 11a offirearm thisat billcertain furthersecure requireslocations theoutside Coordinatorof totheir posthomes. on the Internet or network site information relating to:
Section 11 of this bill further requires the Coordinator to post on the Internet or network site information relating to:
and (3) the requirement that a licensed dealer Coordinator to develop and provide ato lockingcertain devicepersons withan eachinformational firearmpamphlets transferred.the which includes certain information about the offense of negligent storage of a firearm.
SectionEXPLANATION 11 also requires the Coordinator to develop and provide to certain persons an informational pamphlet - *SB294_R1* – 3Matter –in whichbolded includesitalics certainis informationnew; about the offense of negligent storage of a firearm.
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
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- 82nd Session (2023) – 3 – (a) Provide with each firearm sold or otherwise transferred a locking device capable of securing the firearm;
and (b) Post in a conspicuous location on its premises and at any other location at which the dealer sells a firearm a sign which is not less than 8.5 inches wide by 11 inches high and which contains, in at least 24-point boldface type, the following:
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A licensed dealer who violates any provision of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.
The provisions of this section do not apply to storing an antique firearm or a firearm that has been determined to be a curio or relic pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
2.incendiary material or substance that has been constructed, altered, packaged or arranged in such a manner that its ordinary use would cause destruction or injury to life or property.
“Explosive or incendiary device” means any explosive or incendiary material or substance that has been constructed, altered, packaged or arranged in such a manner that its ordinary use would cause destruction or injury to life or property.
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(b) Requires a separate function of the trigger to fire each cartridge;
andands a separate function of the trigger to fire each (c) Is not a machine gun.
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Each emergency operations plan development committee shall, when developing the plan:
plan development committee shall, (a) Consult with local social service agencies and local public safety agencies in the county in which its school district or charter school is located.
- *SB294_R1* – 5 – (b) If the school district has an emergency manager designated pursuant to NRS 388.262, consult with the emergency manager.
(e) Consult with the director of the local organization for emergency management or, if there is no local organization for emergency management, with the Chief of the Division of Emergency- Management82nd ofSession the(2023) Office– of5 the– Military or his or her designee.
Management of the Office of the Military or his or her (f) Consult with the State Fire Marshal or his or her designee and a representative of a local government responsible for enforcement of the ordinances, codes or other regulations governing fire safety.
(b) A procedure for responding to a crisis or an emergency and for responding during the period after a crisis or an emergency has concluded, including, without limitation, a crisis or an emergency that results in immediate physical harm to a pupil or employee of a school in the school district or the charter school;
- *SB294_R1* – 6 – (f) A procedure for responding to a crisis or an emergency that occurs during an extracurricular activity which takes place on school grounds;
and[and] (h) A description of the organizational structure which ensures there is a clearly defined hierarchy of authority and responsibility used by the school for the purpose of responding to a crisis, emergency or suicide.suicide [.] ;
(i)- If82nd theSession school(2023) district– has6 school– police officers, a plan to coordinate with local law enforcement agencies to train schoolschoolan to police officers in active assailant movement techniques.techniques;
(j) InA aplan schoolto districtcoordinate whichwith haslocal morelaw thanenforcement 50,000agencies pupilsor enrolledpublic insafety itsorganizations schools,to aprovide planactive to:assailant trainings to each employee of the school;
(1)(k) CoordinateA withplan local law enforcement agencies or public safety organizations to provide activesupport assailantto: trainings to each employee of the school district;
(2)(1) ProvidePupils supportwho to:have experienced a crisis or emergency by using trauma-informed and age-appropriate resources;
(I)and Pupils(2) Members of the faculty and staff who have experienced a crisis or emergency by using trauma-informed andresources; age-appropriate resources.
(II)(l) FacultyA plan to ensure that members of the faculty and staff whoand havea experiencedpupil’s parents or legal guardians are notified of the occurrence, development and conclusion of a crisis or an emergency through any communication method established by usinga trauma-informedschool, resources.including, without limitation, communicating through text message or electronic mail;
(3)and Ensure that a pupil’s parentsparent or legal guardiansguardian areof notifiedany ofstate arequirement crisisrelated orto anthe emergencystorage throughof anyfirearms, communicationincluding, methodwithout establishedlimitation, bythe acrimes school,and including,penalties withoutdescribed limitation,in communicatingsubsection through5 textof messageNRS or202.300 electronicand mail.section 4 of this act.
(4) At least twice each academic year, inform a pupil’s parent or legal guardian of any state requirement related to the storage of firearms, including, without limitation, the crimes and penalties described in subsection 5 of NRS 202.300 and section 4 of this act.
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 388.249 and 388.251, eachpursuant publicto schoolthis mustsection.omply comply with the plan developed for it pursuant6. to this section.
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- *SB294_R1* – 7 – (a) “Active assailant movement techniques” means any training in the technical and tactical skills necessary for school police officers to respond to a crisis or emergency concerning an active assailant.
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If the governing body of a charter school makes a request to the board of trustees of the school district in which the charter school is located for the provision of school police officers pursuant to NRS 388A.378, the board of trustees of the schoolschoolofficers district must enter into a contract with the governing body for that purpose.
The governing body of a charter school shall ensure that each school police officer receives training in active assailant movement techniques before beginning his or her service as aalant school police officer.
- *SB294_R1* – 8 – (a) A full set of the applicant’s or employee’s fingerprints and written permission authorizing the school district to forward the fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for its report on the criminal history of the applicant or employee and for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation- 82nd Session (2023) – 8 – employee.tion for its report on the criminal history of the applicant or employee.(b) Written authorization for the board of trustees of the school district to obtain any information concerning the applicant or employee that may be available from the Statewide Central Registry and any equivalent registry maintained by a governmental entity in a jurisdiction in which the applicant or employee has resided within the immediately preceding 5 years.
(b) Written authorization for the board of trustees of the school district to obtain any information concerning the applicant or employee that may be available from the Statewide Central Registry and any equivalent registry maintained by a governmental entity in a jurisdiction in which the applicant or employee has resided within the immediately preceding 5 years.
The board of trustees of a school district may use a substantiated report of the abuse or neglect of a child, as defined in NRS 392.281, or a violation of NRS 201.540, 201.560, 392.4633 or 394.366 obtained from the Statewide Central Registry or an equivalent registry maintained by a governmental agency in another jurisdiction:
If the board of trustees of a school district employs or appoints persons to serve as school police officers, the board of trustees shall employ a law enforcement officer to serve as the chief of school police who is supervised by the superintendent of schools of the school district.
In addition, persons who - *SB294_R1* – 9 – provide police services pursuant to subsection 6 or 7 shall be deemed school police officers.
6.- 82nd Session (2023) – 9 – a metropolitan police department created pursuant to chapter 280 ofas NRS may contract with the metropolitan police department for the provision and supervision of police services in the public schools within the jurisdiction of the metropolitan police department and on property therein that is owned by the school district and on property therein that is owned or occupied by a charter school if the board of trustees has entered into a contract with the charter school for the provision of school police officers pursuant to NRS 388A.384.
The board of trustees of a school district in a county that has a metropolitan police department created pursuant to chapter 280 of NRS may contract with the metropolitan police department for the provision and supervision of police services in the public schools within the jurisdiction of the metropolitan police department and on property therein that is owned by the school district and on property therein that is owned or occupied by a charter school if the board of trustees has entered into a contract with the charter school for the provision of school police officers pursuant to NRS 388A.384.
If the board of trustees of a school district contracts with a metropolitan police department pursuant to this subsection, the board of trustees shall, if applicable, cooperate with appropriate local law enforcement agencies within the school district for the provision and supervision of police services in the public schools within the school district, including, without limitation, any charter school with which the school district has entered into a contract forforr the provision of school police officers pursuant to NRS 388A.384, and on property owned by the school district and, if applicable, the property owned or occupied by the charter school, but outside the jurisdiction of the metropolitan police department.
The board of trustees of a school district shall ensure that eacheac(a) schoolThe policeprevention officerof receivessuicide training; in [the] :
(a)andaining Thein prevention[the] of: suicide ;
and (b) Active assailant movement techniques, before beginning his or her service as a school police officer.
To the extent that money is available, and in consultation with the Department, the Statewide Program for Suicide - *SB294_R1*82nd Session (2023) – 10 – Prevention shall develop and implement a safe firearm storage education campaign to inform and educate purchasers ofofstorage firearms, licensed dealers, shooting ranges and safety instructors about the safe storage of firearms and state requirements related to the safe storage of firearms.
and (c) In furtherance of the goals of the education campaign, use any publishing, radio or other advertising medium or any other form of messaging deemed appropriate by the Department.Department.y other 3.
3.The Department shall provide information on the Internet or network site developed pursuant to paragraph (i) of subsection of NRS 439.511, information about community programs that allow owners of firearms to voluntarily and temporarily store a firearm at a secure location outside of the home, including, without limitation, a licensed dealer, gun range or law enforcement agency.
The Department shall provide information on the Internet or network site developed pursuant to paragraph (i) of subsection 3 of NRS 439.511, information about community programs that allow owners of firearms to voluntarily and temporarily store a firearm at a secure location outside of the home, including, without limitation, a licensed dealer, gun range or law enforcement agency.
There is hereby created within the Department a implement the Statewide Program for Suicide Prevention.Prevention, whichl must, without limitation:
The Department shall implement the Statewide Program for Suicide Prevention, which must, without limitation:
and (c) Carry out training programs for suicide prevention for law enforcement personnel, providers of health care, school employees, family members of veterans, members of the military and other - 82nd Session (2023) – 11 – persons at risk of suicidesuicide.and and other persons who have contact with persons2. at risk of suicide.
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(2) Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, methods of facilitation, community development, behavioral health treatment and prevention programs, and community-based behavioral healthhealthnt problems;
(c) To the extent that money is available for this purpose, provide training to family members of veterans, members of the military and other persons at risk of suicide, including, without limitation, training in recognizing and productively interacting with persons at risk of suicide and the manner in which to refer those persons to persons professionally trained in suicide intervention and prevention;
- 82nd Session (2023) – 12 – (f) Link persons trained in the assessment of and intervention in suicide with schools, public community centers, nursing homes and other facilities serving persons most at risk of suicide;
(g) Coordinate the establishment of local advisory groups in eacheac(h) countyWork to supportswithrt thetgroupsortsadvocatingatewsuicidegraprevention, effortscommunity coalitions, managers of existing crisis hotlines that are nationally accredited or certified, and staff members of mental health agencies in this State to identify and address the Statewidebarriers Program;that interfere with providing services to groups of persons who are at risk of suicide, including, without limitation, elderly persons, Native Americans, youths and residents of rural communities;
- *SB294_R1* – 12 – (h) Work with groups advocating suicide prevention, community coalitions, managers of existing crisis hotlines that are nationally accredited or certified, and staff members of mental health agencies in this State to identify and address the barriers that interfere with providing services to groups of persons who are at risk of suicide, including, without limitation, elderly persons, Native Americans, youths and residents of rural communities;
[(k)] (l) Develop and submit proposals for funding from agencies of the Federal Government and nongovernmental organizations;org(l)] (m) Oversee and provide technical assistance to each person employed to act as a trainer for suicide prevention pursuant to NRS 439.513 [.] ;
[and (l)] (m) Oversee and provide technical assistance to each person employed to act as a trainer for suicide prevention pursuant to NRS 439.513 [.] ;
and (3)- A82nd siteSession on(2023) a– network13 that– is owned, operated, administered or controlled by a provider of Internet service.service.erated, administered (b) “Systems of surveillance” means systems pursuant to which the health conditions of the general public are regularly monitored through systematic collection, evaluation and reporting of measurable information to identify and understand trends relating to suicide.
(b) “Systems of surveillance” means systems pursuant to which the health conditions of the general public are regularly monitored through systematic collection, evaluation and reporting of measurable information to identify and understand trends relating to suicide.
(Deleted by amendment.) - *SB294_R1* – 13 – Sec.
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Amendments
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Action History
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Chapter 464.
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Approved by the Governor.
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Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
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In Senate. Assembly Amendment No. 812 concurred in. To enrollment.
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Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 31, Nays: 9, Excused: 2.) To Senate.
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Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
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Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
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From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 812.) To printer.
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Waiver granted effective: May 19, 2023.
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In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
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From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 15, Nays: 6.) To Assembly.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 422.) To printer.
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From printer. To committee.
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Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
Sponsors
- Fabian Doñate · Primary
- Edgar Flores · Cosponsor
- Melanie Scheible · Cosponsor
- Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod · Cosponsor
- Dallas Harris · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 62 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Doñate, Fabian Democratic
Co-sponsors (4)
- Flores, Edgar Democratic
- Scheible, Melanie Democratic
- Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod
- Harris, Dallas
Not signed on (62)
62 members have not signed on to this bill.
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- SB 294 is sponsored by Doñate, Fabian (Democratic), Flores, Edgar (Democratic), Scheible, Melanie (Democratic), Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod, and Harris, Dallas.
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- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 15, 2023. Enacted.
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