Allows people who may lawfully carry a knife in one place to transport it through other states and localities, overriding conflicting state and local knife laws if the knife is stored in a locked container or out of direct reach in a vehicle.

• Overrides state and local knife laws for people not otherwise barred by federal law, provided the knife is locked away or kept out of the passenger compartment reach in a vehicle
• Permits emergency seatbelt-cutting tools in the passenger compartment without a locked container
• Bars arrest for compliant transport unless there is probable cause of noncompliance, and requires courts to award costs and attorney's fees and expunge records when the defense prevails
• Does not apply to knives in the cabin of passenger aircraft subject to Transportation Security Administration rules

• Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Senate)

Crime and Law Enforcement