AN ACT relating to school safety. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to allow school districts to implement a safety response program using less-than-lethal weapons; define "less-than-lethal ammunition" and "less-than-lethal weapon"; require school employees to be trained for participation in the program; require the Department of Kentucky State Police to provide or certify the training; establish requirements for the storage of less-than-lethal weapons on school property; create a new section of KRS Chapter 16 to require the Kentucky State Police to establish the less-than-lethal weapon training program and the approved list of less-than-lethal weapons; amend KRS 527.070 to allow a person to possess a weapon on school property as part of a school safety response program.
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Introduced Feb 15, 2018
Last action Feb 16, 2018
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Feb 16, 2018
Senate · Referred to committee
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Feb 15, 2018
Senate · Introduced
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Danny Carroll
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