HB 24-1123

House Bill 24-1123 is a Colorado law that provides funding for schools to buy and install software that can detect unholstered firearms on school grounds. This helps alert school staff and emergency responders if someone brings an unauthorized gun to school. The bill affects local education providers who apply for the funds, and since it has been signed into law, these schools can now start applying for money to implement this safety measure.

Official Summary

The bill establishes the school safety firearm detection funding program (program) in the office of school safety (office) to disburse money to local education providers to purchase, install, and operate firearm detection software for use in schools. The office administers the program. In order to receive a disbursement, a local education provider must submit an application. The office shall disburse program money to eligible applicants in the order the applications are received. A recipient shall use program money to purchase and operate firearm detection software to detect, and alert local education provider personnel and first responders about, the presence of visible, unholstered firearms on school property.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)