Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB2870
Legislation Overview
Title: Raise the Age Act of 2023
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a Federal firearms licensee from selling or delivering certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles or semiautomatic centerfire shotguns to a person under 21 years of age, with exceptions for active duty military personnel and full-time law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
Session: 118th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 26, 2023
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2870/all-info
Sponsors
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66 sponsors: Glenn Ivey (D); Alma Adams (D); Jake Auchincloss (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); Lisa Rochester (D); Suzanne Bonamici (D); Brendan Boyle (D); Shontel Brown (D); Kathy Castor (D); Emanuel Cleaver (D); Jason Crow (D); Luis Correa (D); Danny Davis (D); Madeleine Dean (D); Diana DeGette (D); Mark DeSaulnier (D); Dwight Evans (D); Al Green (D); Brian Higgins (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Sheila Jackson-Lee (D); Daniel Kildee (D); Barbara Lee (D); Summer Lee (D); Doris Matsui (D); Kweisi Mfume (D); Joseph Morelle (D); Donald Payne (D); Mark Pocan (D); Mike Quigley (D); Andrea Salinas (D); John Sarbanes (D); Mary Gay Scanlon (D); Janice Schakowsky (D); Adam Schiff (D); David Scott (D); Dina Titus (D); Rashida Tlaib (D); David Trone (D); Nydia Velazquez (D); Bonnie Coleman (D); Frederica Wilson (D); Sean Casten (D); Robert Garcia (D); Katie Porter (D); Colin Allred (D); Jared Moskowitz (D); Jasmine Crockett (D); Valerie Foushee (D); Suzan DelBene (D); Jill Tokuda (D); Jamie Raskin (D); Scott Peters (D); Henry Johnson (D); Haley Stevens (D); Jim Costa (D); Becca Balint (D); Brittany Pettersen (D); Frank Pallone (D); Judy Chu (D); Grace Meng (D); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D); William Keating (D); John Larson (D); Mike Thompson (D); Elizabeth Fletcher (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 15% (66 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Apr 26, 2023 | Introduced in House |
| House | Apr 26, 2023 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1956-1957) |
| House | Apr 26, 2023 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | May 5 2023 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Judiciary
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
