United States · Bill · S
S. 2140 (104th)
Safer Schools Act of 1996
Introduced
27 September 1996
Last action
27 September 1996 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE], Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]
Subjects
Rule of law, Education
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Safer Schools Act of 1996 - Amends the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 to require States, as a condition for receipt of Federal funds, to have in effect a State law or regulation providing that evidence that a student brought a weapon to a school under the jurisdiction of the local educational agencies in that State, obtained as a result of a search or seizure conducted on school premises, shall not be excluded in a school disciplinary proceeding on the ground that the search or seizure was in violation of the fourth amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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Timeline
27 September 1996
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
27 September 1996
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 27 September 1996 · Download file
Documents
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Introduced in Senate (text)
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Sponsors
- Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] · R · Sponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/2140
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/2140
- us · 104-s-2140 · source updated 10 August 2026