Law lets police carry guns in schools and federal buildings.
H.R. 2243 — LEOSA Reform Act · Filed by Don Bacon (R-NE) · 18 cosponsors · Introduced Mar 21, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill changes federal law about police carrying hidden guns. It lets them carry guns in school zones. It lets retired officers wait three years between training checks. Previously they had to train every year.
Who it affects
Police officers and retired police officers can carry guns in more places. Schools and federal buildings will have more guns present.
One thing to notice
Retired officers may train less often with three-year gaps. This could mean less practice with guns.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
18 cosponsors: 17 Republicans, 1 Democrats.
- Mar 21, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Mar 21, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary and Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”
- Mar 25, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Mar 25, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 11”
- May 14, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 229 - 193 (Roll no. 128).”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
9 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 15 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $3,539,548 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 29 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 89% of bills with any report.
Don Bacon, who sponsored the bill, received $513,000 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Union Pacific Corporation — $1,770,000 in 2 reports
- Bnsf Railway Company — $960,000 in 1 report
- National Association for Gun Rights — $429,548 in 2 reports
- National Fraternal Order of Police — $100,000 in 1 report
- Peace Officers Research Association of California — $100,000 in 2 reports
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- hidden guns — Guns that are not visible to other people.
- school zones — Areas around schools where federal law normally bans guns.
- training checks — Tests that prove someone still knows how to use guns safely.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (4,566 characters) on Jul 10, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,938 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 24, 2026 · page rendered 2026-11-05.
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