Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation SB2009
Legislation Overview
Title: Background Check Expansion Act
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Criminal justice information and records: Firearms and explosives: Licensing and registrations
Description: Background Check Expansion Act
Session: 115th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: October 25, 2017
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2009/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'.
41 sponsors: Christopher Murphy (D); Richard Blumenthal (D); Edward Markey (D); Kirsten Gillibrand (D); Richard Durbin (D); Martin Heinrich (D); Chris Van Hollen (D); Elizabeth Warren (D); Cory Booker (D); Thomas Carper (D); Patty Murray (D); Dianne Feinstein (D); Robert Casey (D); Charles Schumer (D); Margaret Hassan (D); Mazie Hirono (D); Kamala Harris (D); Sheldon Whitehouse (D); Tammy Duckworth (D); Catherine Cortez Masto (D); Bernard Sanders (I); Michael Bennet (D); Benjamin Cardin (D); Jack Reed (D); Tom Udall (D); Patrick Leahy (D); Ron Wyden (D); Tim Kaine (D); Tammy Baldwin (D); Robert Menendez (D); Bill Nelson (D); Sherrod Brown (D); Christopher Coons (D); Jeff Merkley (D); Tina Smith (D); Debbie Stabenow (D); Maria Cantwell (D); Mark Warner (D); Jeanne Shaheen (D); Gary Peters (D); Brian Schatz (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 41% (41 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Oct 25, 2017 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Oct 31 2017 | 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: Judiciary
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
