ensuring the safety of our children
Ensure the safety of children in schools.
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Evidence
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S.2938 became Public Law No. 117-159 on 2022-06-25. Congress.gov summarizes the enacted law as supporting programs to promote behavioral and mental health services, enhance school safety and security initiatives, and address gun violence in communities; it also includes the Luke and Alex School Safety Act of 2022.
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Roll Call 299 for S.2938 was held on 2022-06-24 on concurring in the Senate amendments to the House amendment. The status was Passed, 234-193, and the vote table lists Morelle, Democratic, NY, as Yea.
Assessments
Morelle voted for final House passage of S.2938, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which became Public Law 117-159 on June 25, 2022 and included federal school-safety, youth mental-health, and gun-violence prevention measures. That is a concrete legislative contribution toward the promise, but the broad promise to ensure children’s safety in schools was not fully delivered nationwide by this law alone, so partial credit is appropriate.