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Senator advances voluntary firearm‑safety program for Utah schools with $75,000 request
Summary
Senate Bill 43 would set aside about $75,000 from the general fund to create an opt‑in firearm‑safety program for public schools that teaches children not to touch found guns and to seek help; the sponsor framed the measure as a response to a recent local death and said it previously passed the Senate by a narrow margin.
A senator on the Senate floor introduced Senate Bill 43 on the second‑reading calendar, proposing a voluntary firearm‑safety program for Utah public schools and asking for roughly $75,000 from the general fund to support it.
The sponsor described the program as an optional, district‑level curriculum or assembly to teach children what to do if they encounter a firearm — specifically, not to touch a found gun and to call an adult. “We have programs in school about what to do if you encounter illegal drugs ... And yet…
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