S 478 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025

Introduced Feb 6, 2025 Originated Senate Sponsor John Kennedy R-LA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 11, 2025 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-35.

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. IntroducedFeb 6, 2025
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025

This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from transmitting certain information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) utilized by licensed importers or dealers of firearms.

Specifically, the bill prohibits the VA from transmitting personally identifying information of a veteran or a beneficiary to the NICS solely on the basis that such veteran or beneficiary has an appointed fiduciary to manage their benefits, unless there is an order or finding of a judicial authority that such veteran or beneficiary is a danger to themselves or others.

Cosponsors 40

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 6, 2025 to Sep 16, 2026, with 15 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-LABill CassidyOriginalFeb 6, 2025
R-IAChuck GrassleyOriginalFeb 6, 2025
R-KSJerry MoranOriginalFeb 6, 2025
R-INJim BanksOriginalFeb 6, 2025
R-ARJohn BoozmanOriginalFeb 6, 2025
R-NDKevin CramerOriginalFeb 6, 2025
R-AKLisa MurkowskiOriginalFeb 6, 2025
R-TNMarsha BlackburnOriginalFeb 6, 2025
R-SDMike RoundsOriginalFeb 6, 2025
R-NEPete RickettsOriginalFeb 6, 2025
R-FLRick ScottOriginalFeb 6, 2025
R-MTSteve DainesOriginalFeb 6, 2025
R-NCThom TillisOriginalFeb 6, 2025
R-MTTim SheehyOriginalFeb 6, 2025
R-ALTommy TubervilleOriginalFeb 6, 2025
Show all 40 cosponsors

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 11, 2025Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
  2. Mar 11, 2025Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-35.
  3. Feb 6, 2025Introduced in Senate
  4. Feb 6, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1041Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActRelated billJun 2, 2026
S 1875Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2023Cross-Congress related billJun 8, 2023

Subjects

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  1. Feb 6, 2025Introduced in Senate

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