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Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation SB1026

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2023

Subject: Health

Description: A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.

Session: 118th Congress

Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Last Action Date: March 29, 2023

Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1026/all-info

Companion Bill: HB2390

Sponsors

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31 sponsors: Edward Markey (D); Tammy Duckworth (D); Catherine Cortez Masto (D); Tim Kaine (D); Tina Smith (D); Robert Casey (D); Christopher Murphy (D); Cory Booker (D); Peter Welch (D); Thomas Carper (D); Jeff Merkley (D); Dianne Feinstein (D); Jack Reed (D); Elizabeth Warren (D); Maria Cantwell (D); Sheldon Whitehouse (D); Ron Wyden (D); Robert Menendez (D); Amy Klobuchar (D); Mazie Hirono (D); Richard Durbin (D); Bernard Sanders (I); Brian Schatz (D); Richard Blumenthal (D); Martin Heinrich (D); Kirsten Gillibrand (D); Tammy Baldwin (D); Christopher Coons (D); John Fetterman (D); Charles Schumer (D); Alex Padilla (D);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 31% (31 of 100)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Mar 29, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Texts
Type Date Federal Link Text
Introduced Apr 11 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: S

Committee Name: Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

There have not been any votes on this bill

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