Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB7493
Legislation Overview
Title: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2022
Subject: Finance and financial sector
Description: To amend title 11 of the United States Code to include firearms in the types of property allowable under the alternative provision for exempting property from the estate.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7493/all-info
Sponsors
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18 sponsors: Christopher Jacobs (R); David Cawthorn (R); Dan Newhouse (R); Randy Weber (R); Alexander Mooney (R); Jeff Van Drew (R); Andrew Garbarino (R); Elise Stefanik (R); Claudia Tenney (R); Markwayne Mullin (R); Paul Gosar (R); David McKinley (R); Ted Budd (R); Ralph Norman (R); Randy Feenstra (R); Yvette Herrell (R); Scott DesJarlais (R); Louie Gohmert (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 4% (18 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Nov 1, 2022 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law. |
| House | Apr 11, 2022 | Introduced in House |
| House | Apr 11, 2022 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Apr 15 2022 | 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 Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
