2001 Senate Bill 425 ↩

House Roll Call 912: Passed

To require increased training procedures and regulations for certain private security guards, and require those who must carry a firearm to have a carry concealed weapons permit (CCW), which would automatically subject them to certain background check and firearms training standards. New guards would be required to have a high school diploma, be at least 18 years of age (instead of 25 under current law), and could be hired only after a check of their names by the Michigan State Police. New guards' fingerprints would be submitted to the FBI, and they would essentially be on probationary status pending the FBI check, which can take four to eight weeks. The bill also contains very large license fee increases for alarm system contractors and security guard businesses, which would sunset on October 1, 2004, and return to current levels.