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Senate rejects proposed 50‑foot visible‑firearm buffer around schools; HB75 passes
Summary
Senators debated an amendment that would create a 50‑foot or roadway boundary around school property to limit visible firearms near children; the amendment failed and House Bill 75 ultimately passed the Senate 19–8.
Senators debated a proposed amendment to House Bill 75 that would have created a buffer preventing visible firearms within the lesser of 50 feet or the adjacent roadway around schools and certain educational properties.
Senator Hilliard, who offered Amendment No. 6, said the governor's office had asked for the change and emphasized children's reactions to seeing visible guns: "The question is really the children seeing a…
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