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HR3129Referred to Committee

Police Officers Protecting Children Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-04-30
Introduced
7
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Randy K. Weber, Sr.
Randy K. Weber, Sr.
Republican · TX · Representative
Votes with party: 98.0% (545 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/W000814

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (7)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9)Original· 2025-04-30
  • August Pfluger (R-TX-11)Original· 2025-04-30
  • Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)Original· 2025-04-30
  • Don Bacon (R-NE-2)Original· 2025-04-30
  • James R. Baird (R-IN-4)Original· 2025-04-30
  • Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ-8)· 2025-05-15
  • Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11)· 2025-09-26

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

2025-04-30

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2025-04-30

Previously

  • Judiciary CommitteeReferred To · 2025-04-30

Plain-English 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 not subject to the federal prohibition on possessing (or discharging) a firearm in a school zone.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Crime and Law Enforcement
Full bill text is not yet cached locally.
Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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