HR 7493 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2022

Introduced Apr 11, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Chris Jacobs R-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

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.

  1. IntroducedApr 11, 2022
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2022

This bill modifies federal bankruptcy law to allow an individual debtor to exempt from their bankruptcy estate one or more firearms up to a total maximum value of $3,000. The bill also specifies that such firearms are household goods that are not subject to liens in bankruptcy.

Cosponsors 17

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 11, 2022 to Apr 14, 2022, with 15 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyOriginalApr 11, 2022
R-NYAndrew R. GarbarinoOriginalApr 11, 2022
R-NYClaudia TenneyOriginalApr 11, 2022
R-WADan NewhouseOriginalApr 11, 2022
R-WVDavid B. McKinleyOriginalApr 11, 2022
R-NYElise M. StefanikOriginalApr 11, 2022
R-NJJefferson Van DrewOriginalApr 11, 2022
R-NCMadison CawthornOriginalApr 11, 2022
R-OKMarkwayne MullinOriginalApr 11, 2022
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalApr 11, 2022
R-SCRalph NormanOriginalApr 11, 2022
R-IARandy FeenstraOriginalApr 11, 2022
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalApr 11, 2022
R-NCTed BuddOriginalApr 11, 2022
R-NMYvette HerrellOriginalApr 11, 2022
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
  2. Apr 11, 2022Introduced in House
  3. Apr 11, 2022Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.

Text 1

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  1. Apr 11, 2022Introduced in House

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