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Panel backs rewritten bill to create response fund after school firearm deaths
Summary
The subcommittee added a timely amendment to House Bill 1288 to clarify a non‑appropriating fund to support schools after firearm-related student deaths, emphasizing trauma response and learning continuity; members voted to send the bill to full education.
Representative Powell (S7) presented an amendment that rewrote House Bill 1288 to establish a framework for a fund to help schools restore safe, secure and supportive learning environments after the death of a student from a firearm-related incident on school grounds. Powell emphasized the amendment "clarifies the purpose of the fund is supporting a safe, secure, and supportive learning environment after a firearm related death" and that the amendment does not appropriate funds or create a one-size-fits-all program.
Members asked whether the fund would be administered by the state treasurer and whether appropriation language would be removed in full committee; Powell said he would clarify the appropriation language and confirmed the intent to allow responsive administrative flexibility. The committee voted 6 ayes, 0 nays to report HB1288 to full education.
