H.R. 5428: School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-09-29 · Education · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 227.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-09-29 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 227. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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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. The report must collect specified information, including the number of school shootings that have taken place nationwide and the number of those that were mass shootings; the number of people killed or injured in each school shooting; 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, an active shooter response plan, and a trauma response plan.

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School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23] · 49 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5428, School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act (2022-04-27)

Cosponsors on this site

Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), Grace Meng (D-NY), Darren Soto (D-FL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), André Carson (D-IN), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joe Neguse (D-CO)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23] reported raising $3.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr5428.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr5428 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117