Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB226
Legislation Overview
Title: Keeping Guns from High Risk Individuals Act
Subject: Assault and harassment offenses: Drug trafficking and controlled substances: Firearms and explosives: Violent crime: Crime and law enforcement
Description: Keeping Guns from High Risk Individuals Act Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person: (1) has been convicted of a crime of violence in the previous 10 years; (2) is under age 25 and has been adjudicated as having committed an offense that would have been a crime of violence if committed by an adult; (3) has been convicted on 2 separate occasions in any period of 3 consecutive years in the last 10 of an offense that has the possession or distribution of alcohol or a controlled substance as an element; or (4) has been convicted of stalking. Prohibits any such person from: (1) shipping or transporting in interstate or foreign commerce, or possessing in or affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition; or (2) receiving any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.
Session: 114th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Last Action Date: February 2, 2015
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/226/all-info
Sponsors
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54 sponsors: Robin Kelly (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Sheila Jackson-Lee (D); Donna Edwards (D); Karen Bass (D); Judy Chu (D); Mike Quigley (D); Charles Rangel (D); Raul Grijalva (D); Louise Slaughter (D); Brenda Lawrence (D); Marc Veasey (D); Alan Lowenthal (D); Keith Ellison (D); Chris Van Hollen (D); Luis Gutierrez (D); Betty McCollum (D); Janice Schakowsky (D); William Keating (D); Janice Hahn (D); Grace Napolitano (D); Barbara Lee (D); Bonnie Coleman (D); Elijah Cummings (D); Cedric Richmond (D); Matthew Cartwright (D); Jerry McNerney (D); Andre Carson (D); Jose Serrano (D); Brendan Boyle (D); James McGovern (D); Mark DeSaulnier (D); Tulsi Gabbard (D); Juan Vargas (D); Stephen Lynch (D); Gregory Meeks (D); Steve Cohen (D); Michael Capuano (D); Michael Honda (D); Hakeem Jeffries (D); Stacey Plaskett (D); Tim Ryan (D); Alcee Hastings (D); Robert Scott (D); Julia Brownley (D); Katherine Clark (D); John Yarmuth (D); Mark Takano (D); Adam Schiff (D); Paul Tonko (D); Seth Moulton (D); Eliot Engel (D); Kathy Castor (D); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 12% (54 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 2, 2015 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. |
| House | Jan 8, 2015 | Introduced in House |
| House | Jan 8, 2015 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 15 2015 | 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, Homeland Security, And Investigations
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