House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Knife Owners’ Protection Act of 2025
Official title: To protect the right of law-abiding citizens to transport knives interstate, notwithstanding a patchwork of State and local prohibitions that burden citizens.
Sponsor: Rep. Andy Biggs R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2025
- Committee actionMar 25, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 25, 2025 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 10.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 60.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 60, Knife Owners’ Protection Act” on July 22, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 25, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 22, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61582
- CBO publication date
- July 22, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 60, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/60
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BIGGS of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H37):Artcile 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: The single subject of this bill is to protect the right of law-abiding citizens to transport knives interstate, notwithstanding a patchwork of State and local prohibitions that burden citizens.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 257 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 60, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/60
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e155459cab6f4a76427c1d9331b463743b41e1a0dd7790e495b77d50c6b03383
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Barry Moore (R-AL), Andrew Ogles (R-TN).
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Related bills
- S. 346 (119th) Knife Owners’ Protection Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.