Bill
HB 5450
HB 5450 requires DHHS to create a multilingual notice on safe firearm storage laws and resources, then share it with schools via MDE and update it annually.
Status
- Enacted as Public Act 257 of 2024. Approved by the Governor Jan 22, 2025; effective April 2, 2025.
- Introduced Feb 14, 2024; sponsor: Rep. Sharon MacDonell.
- Adds section 1313a to the Revised School Code (1976 PA 451; MCL 380.1–380.1852).
Purpose and intent
- Require the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to create and provide an informational notice for schools about safe firearm storage and best practices, to increase caregiver awareness of storage laws and safety resources.
Key provisions
- DHHS must develop and provide to the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) an informational notice by not later than July 1, 2025.
- The notice must be produced in English, Spanish, and Arabic and include at least:
- An overview of the requirements under section 9 of 1927 PA 372 (MCL 28.429) — the state safe-storage law added by 2023 PA 17.
- Answers to frequently asked questions about firearm storage requirements.
- Guidance on where parents/legal guardians can obtain gun locks and gun safes, including free or low‑cost options.
- DHHS must update the notice annually to reflect legal changes, beginning July 1, 2026, and provide the updated version to MDE by July 1 each year.
- DHHS must share the notice with all public and nonpublic schools.
Who is affected
- State agencies: DHHS (responsible for developing/updating the notice) and MDE (recipient/distributor).
- Schools: public and nonpublic schools receive the notice from MDE (and must make use of it under companion legislation).
- Parents/legal guardians and students: intended recipients of the safety information (distribution procedures are provided in a companion bill, HB 5451).
Procedural / timeline highlights
- Development deadline: July 1, 2025.
- Annual update requirement begins July 1, 2026.
- HB 5450 focuses on creating the notice; a companion bill (HB 5451) addresses annual school distribution (beginning Oct 1, 2025) and related posting/distribution duties.
Fiscal impact
- Likely minimal state fiscal impact: administrative costs for DHHS and MDE to develop, translate, post, and update the notice.
- Local districts/PSAs/ISDs may incur minimal costs if they choose to mail notices rather than distribute electronically (distribution costs addressed in the companion bill).
Context
- The notice references the safe-storage requirements enacted in 2023 (aimed at reducing youth access to firearms). The legislation seeks to increase public awareness of those legal requirements and available safety resources.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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