HB 2412 Summary

• Amends Arizona Revised Statutes § 13-3102 to allow school employees approved and designated by school district governing boards or charter school governing bodies to possess firearms on school grounds if they complete the optional school safety designee program training.

• Establishes an optional school safety designee program administered by the Arizona Attorney General in coordination with the Department of Public Safety to train designated school employees to store and use firearms for campus defense.

• Requires the training program to be at least 24 hours long, conducted on a pass/fail basis, and cover legal issues, weapon care, mental conditioning, safe handling/storage, marksmanship, judgmental shooting, scenario-based training, force-on-force training, police active shooter response, and local jurisdiction coordination.

• Mandates that instructors conducting the training submit to background investigations and that schools annually approve designees, report them to the Attorney General, and ensure firearms are stored in secure lockers with annual retraining.

• Terminates the program on July 1, 2024, pursuant to Arizona's sunset provisions.