Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB2898
Legislation Overview
Title: Secure Background Checks Act of 2023
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a person who fails to meet age and residential requirements from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving firearms and ammunition, to increase the penalties for transfer of a firearm to any person who is under indictment, 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/2898/all-info
Sponsors
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18 sponsors: Joseph Neguse (D); Jake Auchincloss (D); Robin Kelly (D); Luis Correa (D); Jamie Raskin (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Andre Carson (D); Melanie Stansbury (D); Nydia Velazquez (D); Henry Johnson (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); Linda Sanchez (D); Sheila Jackson-Lee (D); Madeleine Dean (D); Ted Lieu (D); Glenn Ivey (D); Yvette Clarke (D); Jahana Hayes (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 4% (18 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Apr 26, 2023 | Introduced in House |
| 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
