HB2319 Summary

• Creates new registration categories for "security guard training instructors" and "firearms safety training instructors" with specific qualification requirements including citizenship, age 18+, no felony convictions, and clean records on violence and firearms offenses.

• Requires security guard agencies to employ only registered training instructors for all employee training and mandates agencies identify their instructors when applying for or renewing licenses.

• Establishes that firearms safety training instructors must not be prohibited possessors under federal law, cannot have dishonorable military discharges, and cannot have domestic violence convictions.

• Mandates 16 hours of initial firearms instruction and 8 hours of annual continuing firearms training for armed security guards, all provided by certified firearms safety training instructors.

• Adds requirement for agencies to provide 8 hours of preassignment training for new security guards and 8 hours of refresher training for renewals, both delivered by department-certified instructors.