Arizona HB 4109: safety; school procedures; criminal classification

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HB4109 - 572R - H Ver 

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 safety; school 
 procedures; criminal classification

 State of Arizona

 House of Representatives

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 HOUSE BILL 4109

AN 
ACT

amending title 15, chapter 1, article 5, 
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-160.05; RELATING to school 
safety requirements. 

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Be it 
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 15, chapter 1, article 5, 
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-160.05, to read:

START_STATUTE15-160.05. Public safety policy; school districts; requirements; 
notifications; annual report; posting requirement; violations; classification; 
definitions

A. Each school district governing 
board shall adopt a public safety policy that:

1. Clearly prescribes public safety 
procedures and protocols.

2. Designates the school district 
superintendent as the administrator who is responsible for implementing the 
public safety policy.

3. Requires the school district 
superintendent to do all of the following:

(a) Provide written notification to students' parents and school employees not later than twenty-four 
hours after any incident involving life-threatening violence, a threat of life-threatening violence or 
a threat of violence involving a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument that 
occurs in connection with the school district. A notification pursuant to this subdivision must include information 
about the nature of the incident and the school's response. This subdivision 
does not require or authorize the school district superintendent to disclose 
personally identifiable information about a student who is involved in an 
incident.� If a law enforcement officer who responds to an incident described 
in this subdivision notifies the school district that disclosure might 
materially compromise a pending criminal investigation or prosecution, the 
superintendent shall:

(i) Request 
from the law enforcement agency that is responsible for the criminal 
investigation a written request that the school district delay disclosure.

(ii) Provide 
the written notification required by this subdivision as soon as practicable on 
receipt of notification that the investigation is complete.

(b) Immediately 
notify a law enforcement officer if the school district superintendent is 
notified of or personally observes an incident involving life-threatening 
violence, a threat of life-threatening violence or a threat of violence 
involving a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument. This subdivision does not 
limit or preclude the reporting by a school district or an employee of a school 
district of a suspected crime pursuant to section 15-341, subsection A, 
paragraph 30 or school district policies. 

(c) Confiscate or designate one or more school administrators at each campus who are 
responsible for confiscating any dangerous instrument or deadly weapon that is 
possessed by any person on school property in violation of school policies or 
that is used in connection with an incident described in subdivision (a) or (b) of this paragraph until a law 
enforcement officer is able to take custody of the dangerous instrument or 
deadly weapon. 

(d) Notify a 
law enforcement officer that the school district superintendent confiscated a 
dangerous instrument or deadly weapon pursuant to subdivision (c) of this paragraph as soon as practicable following the confiscation. 

B. A school district may not take any 
retaliatory action against an employee, a student's parent, a student, an agent 
of this state or any other person for reporting a violation of this section.

C. Each school district shall 
annually compile and post a public safety report on the school district's 
website that includes all of the following information:

1. The number of lockdowns, shelter-in-place 
events and evacuations that occurred during each of the three immediately 
preceding school years.

2. The number of incidents involving 
a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument that occurred in connection with the 
school district during each of the three immediately preceding school years.

3. The number of incidents that the 
school district superintendent referred to a law enforcement officer during 
each of the three immediately preceding school years.

4. A summary of the public safety 
policy adopted pursuant to subsection A of this section and a description of 
the implementation of the policy.

D. A 
school district superintendent who knowingly or 
intentionally violates the requirements prescribed in subsection A, paragraph 3 
of this section without good cause Is guilty of a 
class 1 MISDEMEANOR.

E. If a school district governing 
board fails to adopt a public safety policy that meets the requirements 
prescribed by subsection A of this section or if the school district governing 
board or any employ