A year after Uvalde: Legislation proposed following the school shooting and where it stands now

Wednesday marks one year since the mass school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that claimed 21 lives, including 19 children. Since then, both federal and state lawmakers have worked to improve school safety while facing ideological and party differences on how to solve the growing epidemic of gun violence in the United States.

Several pieces of legislation have been proposed at the federal and state level, with some stalling and some becoming law. President Joe Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act in June 2022, which strengthened background checks for firearms and poured money into mental health and school safety procedures.