SAFES Act
Latest action · Jun 27, 2024 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
- IntroducedJun 27, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Storing All Firearms Effectively and Safely Act or the SAFES Act
This bill allows individual taxpayers a refundable income tax credit for the cost of certain gun safes (devices for denying unauthorized access to a firearm or ammunition). The bill also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to report on the types of gun safes that are highly effective in preventing unauthorized access to guns.
Cosponsors 37
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 27, 2024 to Dec 11, 2024; 31 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-NC | Wiley Nickel | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Jun 27, 2024 |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Jun 28, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Jul 8, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jul 10, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Oct 25, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Dec 3, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Dec 11, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 27, 2024 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2024Introduced in House
- Jun 27, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 108, June 27, 2024, page H4411.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 8871 | SAFES Act | Reintroduction of | Sep 15, 2022 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable tax credit for certain gun safes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- SAFES Act
- Storing All Firearms Effectively and Safely Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2024Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
