Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2020
Latest action · Mar 10, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 30, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2020
This bill makes various changes to the federal framework governing the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms and ammunition. Among other things, the bill does the following:
- generally requires individuals to obtain a license to purchase, acquire, or possess a firearm or ammunition;
- raises the minimum age—from 18 years to 21 years—to purchase firearms and ammunition;
- establishes new background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties;
- requires law enforcement agencies to be notified following a firearms-related background check that results in a denial;
- creates a statutory process for a family or household member to petition a court for an extreme risk protection order to remove firearms from an individual who poses a risk of committing violence;
- restricts the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices;
- restricts the manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, or receipt of ghost guns (i.e., guns without serial numbers);
- makes trafficking in firearms a stand-alone criminal offense;
- requires federally licensed gun dealers to submit and annually certify compliance with a security plan to detect and deter firearm theft;
- removes limitations on the civil liability of gun manufacturers;
- allows the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue safety standards for firearms and firearm components;
- establishes a community violence intervention grant program; and
- promotes research on firearms safety and gun violence prevention.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2020 to Oct 23, 2020, with 16 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 10, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Feb 5, 2020Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H838)
- Jan 30, 2020Introduced in House
- Jan 30, 2020Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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.
Related bills 26
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 42 | Background Check Expansion Act | Related bill | Jan 8, 2019 |
| S 66 | Assault Weapons Ban of 2019 | Related bill | Jan 9, 2019 |
| S 447 | Keep Americans Safe Act | Related bill | Feb 12, 2019 |
| S 506 | Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019 | Related bill | Feb 14, 2019 |
| HR 569 | Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act of 2019 | Related bill | Feb 25, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Business records
- Citizenship and naturalization
- Civil actions and liability
- Community life and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime victims
- Crimes against property
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Department of Justice
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Due process and equal protection
- Elementary and secondary education
- Firearms and explosives
- Government information and archives
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Higher education
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Judicial review and appeals
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Licensing and registrations
- Medical research
- Mental health
- Personnel records
- Product safety and quality
- Religion
- Research administration and funding
- Retail and wholesale trades
- Sales and excise taxes
- Smuggling and trafficking
- State and local government operations
- Trade restrictions
- Violent crime
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2020Introduced in House
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