Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HR555
Legislation Overview
Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationships between firearm violence, misogyny, and violence against women and reaffirming the importance of preventing individuals with a history of violence against women from accessing a firearm.
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Assault and harassment offenses: Crime prevention: Crimes against women: Domestic violence and child abuse: Firearms and explosives: Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination: Violent crime: Criminal justice information and records
Description: This resolution affirms that reducing access to a firearm for individuals with a history of violence against women is critical to reducing the fatality of intimate partner violence in the United States. Additionally, it calls on the Senate to immediately consider the following: H.B. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019; H.B. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019; and H.B. 1585, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: September 25, 2019
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/555/all-info
Sponsors
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41 sponsors: Jackie Speier (D); Debbie Dingell (D); Gwen Moore (D); Ayanna Pressley (D); Veronica Escobar (D); Mike Quigley (D); Grace Meng (D); Debra Haaland (D); Norma Torres (D); Bill Foster (D); Brenda Lawrence (D); Ro Khanna (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Adriano Espaillat (D); Madeleine Dean (D); Lucille Roybal-Allard (D); Raul Grijalva (D); Paul Tonko (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); Don Beyer (D); Zoe Lofgren (D); Kathy Castor (D); Katie Hill (D); Bonnie Coleman (D); Haley Stevens (D); Joseph Kennedy (D); James McGovern (D); Jesus Garcia (D); Al Green (D); Julia Brownley (D); Adam Smith (D); Katie Porter (D); Sylvia Garcia (D); Janice Schakowsky (D); Anthony Brown (D); Rashida Tlaib (D); John Lewis (D); Judy Chu (D); David Cicilline (D); Jennifer Wexton (D); Ann Kuster (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 9% (41 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Sep 25, 2019 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
| House | Sep 13, 2019 | Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States. |
| House | Sep 13, 2019 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| House | Sep 12, 2019 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| House | Sep 12, 2019 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| House | Sep 12, 2019 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| House | Sep 12, 2019 | Introduced in House |
| House | Sep 12, 2019 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| House | Sep 12, 2019 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support. |
| House | Sep 12, 2019 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| House | Sep 12, 2019 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| House | Sep 12, 2019 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Sep 13 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
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