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S. 253 · 108th Congress

Retired and Off-Duty Officers Barring Concealed Weapons bill

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 108th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

BCR CampbellSponsor
70 cosponsors · 28 D, 41 R, 1 I
GAR Allen MBD Baucus JBR Bunning CBR Burns MCD Cantwell KCD Conrad LCR Craig JCR Cornyn MDR DeWine PDR Domenici BDD Dorgan MDD Dayton JED Edwards DFD Feinstein LGR Graham CGR Grassley OHR Hatch JIR Inhofe JKR Kyl BLD Lincoln PLD Leahy MLD Landrieu MMR McConnell DNR Nickles BND Nelson HRD Reid RSR Santorum CSD Schumer DSD Stabenow JSR Sessions JWR Warner SBR Brownback SCR Chambliss RSR Shelby TLR Lott JBD Breaux SCR Collins MCR Crapo LMR Murkowski TCR Cochran JSR Sununu BBD Boxer TJD Johnson JER Ensign LAR Alexander TSR Stevens JLD Lieberman TDD Daschle JTR Talent HCD Clinton BMD Mikulski CHR Hagel MER Enzi JKD Kerry ZMD Miller NCR Coleman THD Harkin KHR Hutchison PMD Murray JBD Bingaman JGR Gregg BFR Frist RBR Bennett RLR Lugar CTR Thomas ASR Specter EBD Bayh TCD Carper JJI Jeffords EDR Dole

31 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

What it does: CRS summary · Reported to Senate without amendment · Mar 6, 2003
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced in the Senate on January 30, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize qualified law enforcement officers (including certain qualified retired officers) carrying the photographic identification issued by their governmental agency, notwithstanding State or local laws, to carry a concealed firearm. Provides that such authorization shall not supersede State laws that: (1) permit private entities to prohibit the possession of concealed firearms on their property; or (2) prohibit the possession of firearms on State or local government property. Excludes from the definition of "firearm" any machine gun, firearm silencer, or destructive device.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2003

Latest action (Mar 26, 2003): By Senator Hatch from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 108-29. Additional and Minority views filed.

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jan 30, 2003

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No recorded floor vote found.