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Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB52

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage Act

Subject: Taxation

Description: To make unlawful the sale of any firearm by a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer without a written notice promoting safe storage and a safe storage device, to create and disseminate best practices regarding safe firearm storage, to create a grant program for the distribution of safe storage devices, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for a credit against tax for sales at retail of safe firearm storage devices, and for other purposes.

Session: 118th Congress

Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Last Action Date: January 9, 2023

Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/52/all-info

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

87 sponsors: Sheila Jackson-Lee (D); Henry Johnson (D); Gregory Meeks (D); Andre Carson (D); Dwight Evans (D); Madeleine Dean (D); Barbara Lee (D); Glenn Ivey (D); Jerrold Nadler (D); Tony Cardenas (D); Jonathan Jackson (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Bennie Thompson (D); Stephen Lynch (D); Lloyd Doggett (D); C.A. Ruppersberger (D); Paul Tonko (D); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D); Troy Carter (D); Sean Casten (D); Kweisi Mfume (D); Rashida Tlaib (D); Darren Soto (D); Betty McCollum (D); Emanuel Cleaver (D); Daniel Kildee (D); Adriano Espaillat (D); Daniel Goldman (D); Lucy McBath (D); Frank Mrvan (D); Donald Payne (D); Danny Davis (D); Summer Lee (D); Robin Kelly (D); Valerie Foushee (D); Alma Adams (D); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D); Nikema Williams (D); Jennifer McClellan (D); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D); Ayanna Pressley (D); Terri Sewell (D); James Clyburn (D); Mary Gay Scanlon (D); Robert Scott (D); Yvette Clarke (D); Doris Matsui (D); Anna Eshoo (D); Dean Phillips (D); Linda Sanchez (D); Melanie Stansbury (D); Greg Landsman (D); Jamaal Bowman (D); Stacey Plaskett (D); John Garamendi (D); Joseph Neguse (D); Chellie Pingree (D); Steve Cohen (D); Jill Tokuda (D); Joyce Beatty (D); Julia Brownley (D); Ann Kuster (D); Al Green (D); Kathy Manning (D); Juan Vargas (D); William Keating (D); Ted Lieu (D); Greg Casar (D); Susan Wild (D); Don Beyer (D); Steny Hoyer (D); Veronica Escobar (D); Gerald Connolly (D); Jared Huffman (D); Maxwell Frost (D); Raul Grijalva (D); Ami Bera (D); Adam Smith (D); Ritchie Torres (D); Shontel Brown (D); Elizabeth Fletcher (D); Brendan Boyle (D); Seth Magaziner (D); Katie Porter (D); Nanette Barragan (D); Mark Takano (D); Deborah Ross (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 20% (87 of 435)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Jan 9, 2023 Introduced in House
House Jan 9, 2023 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Texts
Type Date Federal Link Text
Introduced Jan 13 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

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