Knife Owners' Protection Act of 2015
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jan 20, 2015)
Knife Owners' Protection Act of 2015
Entitles any person who is not otherwise prohibited by federal law from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a knife to transport a knife from any place where such person may lawfully possess, carry, or transport such a knife to any other place where such person may lawfully do so: (1) by motor vehicle if the knife is not directly accessible from the passenger compartment or is in a locked container, glove compartment, or console; or (2) by other means over land or through water or the air if the knife is in a locked container.
Allows any knife or tool designed for enabling escape in an emergency incorporating a blunt tipped safety blade, a guarded blade, or both for cutting safety belts to be carried in the passenger compartment without being secured in a locked container, glove compartment, or console, except in the passenger cabin of aircraft whose passengers are subject to airport screening procedures of the Transportation Security Administration.
What just happenedFeb 5, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJan 20, 2015
- Feb 5, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee - Jan 20, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - Jan 20, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jan 20, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House