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H.R. 4301: School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act

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H.R. 4301: School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-09-12 · Education · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 584.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-09-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 584. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act

Plain summary

School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to publish an annual report on indicators of school crime and safety. Such report shall collect specified information, including the number of school shootings that have taken place nationwide; the number that were mass shootings; the number of people killed, and the number of people injured, in each school shooting; the demographics of each school; the age, gender, race, ethnicity, and nationality of each victim; the motivation of the shooter; how the shooting was stopped; the number and type of firearms and ammunition used in each shooting; and the response time of law enforcement. ED must direct the National Center for Education Statistics to collect and publish specified data on school shootings. The center must collect information on the existence or absence of specified measures at the time of the shooting, including physical and other types of security measures, a communication plan with local law enforcement, a response plan that includes coordination with local agencies, and an active shooter response plan.

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Official text

School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] · 53 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4301, School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act (2019-10-15)

Cosponsors on this site

Lucy McBath (D-GA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Al Green (D-TX), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Susie Lee (D-NV), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), John B. Larson (D-CT), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Darren Soto (D-FL), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Securities
Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr4301 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116