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Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB1266

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Ghost Guns Are Guns Act

Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Firearms and explosives

Description: Broadens the definition of "firearm" for purposes of federal firearms laws. Specifically, it includes as a firearm any combination of parts designed and intended to be used to convert a device into a firearm and from which a firearm may be readily assembled.

Session: 116th Congress

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Last Action Date: March 25, 2019

Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1266/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'.

89 sponsors: Adriano Espaillat (D); Bradley Schneider (D); David Cicilline (D); Steve Cohen (D); Eric Swalwell (D); Tony Cardenas (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Bonnie Coleman (D); Nydia Velazquez (D); Darren Soto (D); Alcee Hastings (D); Madeleine Dean (D); Jamie Raskin (D); Ro Khanna (D); Janice Schakowsky (D); Henry Johnson (D); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D); Raul Grijalva (D); James McGovern (D); Adam Smith (D); Theodore Deutch (D); Ed Case (D); Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D); Dwight Evans (D); Gregory Meeks (D); Grace Meng (D); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D); Thomas Suozzi (D); Jared Huffman (D); Tim Ryan (D); Kathy Castor (D); Lucille Roybal-Allard (D); Sylvia Garcia (D); Carolyn Maloney (D); Yvette Clarke (D); Frederica Wilson (D); Eliot Engel (D); Joseph Morelle (D); Ed Perlmutter (D); Jennifer Wexton (D); Daniel Lipinski (D); Mark DeSaulnier (D); Susan Wild (D); Sheila Jackson-Lee (D); Betty McCollum (D); Judy Chu (D); Val Demings (D); Nita Lowey (D); Daniel Kildee (D); Rashida Tlaib (D); Gwen Moore (D); Barbara Lee (D); Bennie Thompson (D); John Garamendi (D); Max Rose (D); Jesus Garcia (D); Mark Pocan (D); Alan Lowenthal (D); William Keating (D); Norma Torres (D); Mary Gay Scanlon (D); Donald Payne (D); Stephen Lynch (D); Anthony Brown (D); Brendan Boyle (D); Brad Sherman (D); Nanette Barragan (D); Chellie Pingree (D); Harley Rouda (D); Linda Sanchez (D); Jimmy Gomez (D); Pete Aguilar (D); Mike Levin (D); Grace Napolitano (D); Joseph Kennedy (D); Pramila Jayapal (D); Katie Porter (D); Juan Vargas (D); Julia Brownley (D); David Trone (D); Ted Lieu (D); Sean Maloney (D); Rebecca Sherrill (D); Joe Courtney (D); Andre Carson (D); Joseph Neguse (D); Jimmy Panetta (D); Luis Correa (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 20% (89 of 435)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Mar 25, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
House Feb 14, 2019 Introduced in House
House Feb 14, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Texts
Type Date Federal Link Text
Introduced Mar 1 2019 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, and Homeland Security

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

There have not been any votes on this bill

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