Handgun Permit to Purchase Act has not moved since its introduction on Jan 16, 2025, with cosponsors, all Democrats
IntroducedJan 16, 2025
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Passed one chamber—
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 26 words.
Handgun Permit to Purchase Act This bill authorizes a grant program for states, local governments, and Indian tribes to implement and evaluate handgun purchaser licensing requirements.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Judiciary Committee
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement: 118 of 4,553 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.6%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 279 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 1,030 words
- Subjects
- Criminal justice information and recordsFirearms and explosivesLaw enforcement administration and fundingLicensing and registrations
- Latest action
- Jan 16, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th H.R. 532 Handgun Permit to Purchase Act D · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]