Using Schools to Lecture Parents on Gun Storage Obligations

Description

This bill forces every local school board to send annual emails and text messages to parents emphasizing the importance of locking up prescription drugs and reiterating parents' legal responsibilities for firearm storage, and to post these notices in multiple languages online. It further normalizes schools as vehicles for government messaging that subtly stigmatizes lawful gun ownership in the home. CPAC opposes using school communication channels to pressure lawful gun owners and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-01-28 by a vote of 21-18. The Governor vetoed this bill.