Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB882
Legislation Overview
Title: Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Assault and harassment offenses: Drug trafficking and controlled substances: Firearms and explosives: Violent crime
Description: Expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from shipping, transporting, receiving, or possessing firearms or ammunition. Specifically, it adds the following new categories of prohibited persons: persons convicted of a crime of violence in the most recent 10-year period; persons under age 25 who have been adjudicated as having committed an offense that would have been a crime of violence if committed by an adult; persons convicted, during a consecutive 3-year period in the most recent 10-year period, of two separate offenses involving drug or alcohol possession or distribution; and persons convicted of stalking.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 23, 2021
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/882/all-info
Sponsors
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9 sponsors: Robin Kelly (D); Carolyn Maloney (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Gwen Moore (D); Danny Davis (D); Stacey Plaskett (D); Jamie Raskin (D); Jahana Hayes (D); Ro Khanna (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 2% (9 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Apr 23, 2021 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
| House | Feb 5, 2021 | Introduced in House |
| House | Feb 5, 2021 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Mar 1 2021 | 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: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
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