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PA Bill Number: SB170

Title: In criminal history record information, further providing for juvenile records; and, in juvenile matters, further providing for powers and duties of ...

Description: In criminal history record information, further providing for juvenile records; and, in juvenile matters, further providing for powers and dutie ...

Last Action: Presented to the Governor

Last Action Date: Oct 10, 2024

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Federal Legislation Tagged With 'Schools' Tag

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HB8009

Session: 117th Congress

Title: Student and Teacher Safety Act of 2022

Description: To improve school safety.

Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Last Action Date: June 9, 2022

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HB8055

Session: 117th Congress

Title: Strengthening School Security for Students Act

Description: To require State educational agencies to hire and train school resource officers, and for other purposes.

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Last Action Date: June 15, 2022

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HB7979

Session: 117th Congress

Title: Securing Our Schools Act of 2022

Description: To allow certain funds provided in response to the public health emergency with respect to COVID-19 to be made available for school security measures, and for other purposes.

Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Last Action Date: June 8, 2022

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HB7908

Session: 117th Congress

Title: PASS Act Protect Against School Shootings Act

Description: To amend the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 to permit qualified law enforcement officers, qualified retired law enforcement officers, and persons not prohibited by State law from carrying a concealed firearm to carry a firearm, and to discharge a firearm in defense of self or others, in a school zone.

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Last Action Date: November 1, 2022

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HB5428

Session: 117th Congress

Title: School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act

Description: To require the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to publish an annual report on indicators of school crime and safety that includes data on school shootings, and for other purposes.

Last Action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 227.

Last Action Date: May 6, 2022

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HB1567

Session: 117th Congress

Title: Police Officers Protecting Children Act

Description: To allow certain qualified law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed firearm to protect children in a school zone.

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Last Action Date: May 18, 2021

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HB4951

Session: 116th Congress

Title: School Security Enhancement Act

Description: Allows local educational agencies to use specified portions of Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants for planning and designing school buildings and facilities, installing infrastructure, and implementing other measures to strengthen security on school premises. The bill prohibits the use of grant funds for the provision of a firearm or training in the use of a firearm.

Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Last Action Date: October 31, 2019

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HR611

Session: 116th Congress

Title: Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Nonviolence Week" to raise awareness of youth violence in the United States.

Description: This resolution supports the goals and ideals of National Nonviolence Week to raise awareness of youth violence and the benefits of practicing nonviolence principles.

Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Last Action Date: October 1, 2019

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HB4207

Session: 116th Congress

Title: Justice for Victims of School Shootings Act

Description: Establishes additional criminal penalties for discharging or attempting to discharge a firearm in a school zone. In addition, it revises the applicable definition of school to include colleges, universities, and other postsecondary institutions.

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Last Action Date: September 25, 2019

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HB3200

Session: 116th Congress

Title: Safe Students Act

Description: Repeals provisions of federal criminal law that prohibit the possession or discharge of a firearm in a school zone.

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Last Action Date: June 28, 2019

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SB1506

Session: 116th Congress

Title: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to permit certain individuals complying with State law to possess firearms.

Description: Modifies the criminal prohibition on possession of a firearm in a school zone. Specifically, it revises an exception to permit an individual to possess a firearm in a school zone if that individual is in compliance with the laws of the state and political subdivision in which the school zone is located.

Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Last Action Date: May 16, 2019

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SR110

Session: 116th Congress

Title: A resolution keeping guns out of classrooms.

Description: This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that federal funds shall not be used to train or arm school personnel with firearms.

Last Action: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S1906)

Last Action Date: March 14, 2019

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HR231

Session: 116th Congress

Title: Keeping guns out of classrooms.

Description: This resolution expresses the sense that federal funds shall not be used to train or arm school personnel with firearms.

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Last Action Date: April 8, 2019

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HB1501

Session: 116th Congress

Title: Police Officers Protecting Children Act

Description: Specifies that certain retired and off-duty 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.

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Last Action Date: April 8, 2019

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HB838

Session: 116th Congress

Title: Threat Assessment, Prevention, and Safety Act of 2019

Description: Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a Joint Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Task Force, which shall provide recommendations to Congress and DHS on the development and implementation of a national strategy for preventing targeted violence through behavioral threat assessment and management. The bill defines behavioral threat assessment and management as the systematic and evidence-based process of (1) identifying individuals whose behavior indicates a capacity for committing acts of violence, (2) investigating and gathering information from multiple sources to assess whether such individuals pose a threat, and (3) the subsequent management of such a threat. DHS shall (1) develop and implement the national strategy and provide information and training services related to it, and (2) award grants to establish community based units for implementing the national strategy.

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Last Action Date: March 25, 2019