PASS Act
Summary
Protect Against School Shootings Act or the PASS Act This bill broadens the authority for certain individuals to carry concealed firearms in a school zone. Specifically, the bill exempts the following categories of individuals from the federal prohibition on possessing (or discharging) a firearm in a school zone: certain active and retired law enforcement officers who are authorized to carry concealed firearms under federal law, and individuals who are allowed to carry concealed firearms under the law of a state.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Apr 3, 2023
Last action Apr 3, 2023
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Total actions
2
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Committee
1
Apr 3, 2023
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
lower
Apr 3, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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