CARSON CITY (AP) — Nevada lawmakers have approved a Republican-backed bill barring schools from punishing students for playing with toy guns.
Senators voted 15-6 on Friday to approve AB121. The bill passed the Assembly on a 24-17 party-line vote.
Republican Assemblyman Jim Wheeler sponsored the so-called "Pop-Tarts" measure, which would forbid elementary and middle schools from punishing students who play with toy guns or pretend to use a firearm.
It also extends protections to students who wear clothing with images of firearms, use hand gestures to imitate a gun or brandish partially eaten pastries in the shape of a weapon. The measure wouldn't overrule a school uniform policy and students could be punished for "substantially" disrupting a classroom.
The measure now goes to Gov. Brian Sandoval for final approval.