# H.R. 2243 (119th): LEOSA Reform Act of 2025

LEOSA Reform Act of 2025 This bill broadens the authority for certain law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms across state lines. Specifically, the bill allows qualified active and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms and ammunition (including magazines) in school zones; in national parks; on state, local, or private property that is open to the public; and in certain federal facilities that are open to the public. Further, the bill permits states to reduce the frequency with which retired law enforcement officers must meet certain qualification standards.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: arms. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: federal_preemption. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: firearms_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: self_defense_access. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 128: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill does not directly disarm lawful citizens or advance a named moral harm. It expands lawful carry access for officers and retirees, which falls within ordinary self-defense goods. Real concerns remain: it overrides state carry regimes, extends carry into school zones, and may weaken retired-officer qualification standards. These combine prudential goods with legitimate concerns, so the classification is mixed.
Theological note: The bill concerns the bearing of arms and the means of lawful self-defense, which Scripture permits in principle as part of ordered civil life and the protection of neighbor. Its moral relevance turns on whether it restrains or endangers the innocent, respects the proper bounds of state and federal authority, and maintains competence in those who bear arms. These are largely prudential questions, not a direct advance of named evil.

## Recorded votes

Roll 128: On Passage. Yea 229 · Nay 193 · Other 11.

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