The Knife Owners' Protection Act of 2024 would allow law-abiding citizens to transport knives across state lines despite varying state and local knife laws, provided the knives are properly secured during transport. For motor vehicle travel, knives must be inaccessible from the passenger compartment or locked in a container, glove compartment, or console, while air travel requires knives to be in locked containers outside the passenger cabin, and other forms of transport require locked containers. Emergency safety knives designed for cutting seatbelts may be carried in vehicle passenger compartments and kept accessible in temporary lodging. The bill protects individuals from arrest or detention if they comply with these requirements and creates a legal cause of action against state or local officials who violate these protections, with courts required to award attorney's fees to prevailing parties. The legislation contains no specific funding or implementation timeline and was introduced in the Senate in November 2024.