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Police Officers Protecting Children Act
A bill to allow certain qualified law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms to protect children in school zones.
- Introduced
- Committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
Summary
Police Officers Protecting Children Act
This bill specifies that certain active and retired law enforcement officers who are authorized to carry concealed firearms are also authorized to possess (or discharge) a firearm in a school zone under federal law.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Apr 4, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Apr 4, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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