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H.R. 18 (IH) - Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025

Category
Bills and Statutes
Collection
Congressional Bills
SuDoc Class Number
Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:
Congress Number
119th Congress
Congress Session
1st Session
Last Action Date Listed
June 10, 2025
Action
Mr. Thompson of California (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Amo, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Balint, Ms. Barragán, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bell, Mr. Bera, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Bishop, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brown, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Bynum, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Casar, Mr. Case, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cisneros, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Correa, Mr. Costa, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Craig, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Crow, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Dexter, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Elfreth, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fields, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Foster, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. Friedman, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. Gillen, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Ms. Goodlander, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Harder of California, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Himes, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Latimer, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Levin, Mr. Liccardo, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Magaziner, Mr. Mannion, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. McBath, Ms. McBride, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. McClellan, Ms. McCollum, Ms. McDonald Rivet, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Meng, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Min, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Morrison, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neal, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Olszewski, Ms. Omar, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pappas, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Riley of New York, Ms. Rivas, Ms. Ross, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Scholten, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Sherrill, Ms. Simon, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Soto, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Subramanyam, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Swalwell, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Torres of New York, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Tran, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Vasquez, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Vindman, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Waters, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Wilson of Florida, and Mr. Cohen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
Bill Number
H.R. 18
Bill Version
Introduced in House (IH)
Short Title
Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025
Full Title
To require a background check for every firearm sale.
Sponsors
Mike Thompson(CA)
Cosponsors
Brian K. Fitzpatrick (PA); Pete Aguilar (CA); Gabe Amo (RI); Yassamin Ansari (AZ); Jake Auchincloss (MA); Becca Balint (VT); Joyce Beatty (OH); Wesley Bell (MO); Ami Bera (CA); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (VA); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA); Suzanne Bonamici (OR); Brendan F. Boyle (PA); Shontel M. Brown (OH); Julia Brownley (CA); Nikki Budzinski (IL); Janelle S. Bynum (OR); Salud O. Carbajal (CA); Andre Carson (IN); Troy A. Carter (LA); Greg Casar (TX); Ed Case (HI); Sean Casten (IL); Kathy Castor (FL); Joaquin Castro (TX); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL); Judy Chu (CA); Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (CA); Katherine M. Clark (MA); Yvette D. Clarke (NY); Emanuel Cleaver (MO); James E. Clyburn (SC); Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (NJ); J. Luis Correa (CA); Jim Costa (CA); Joe Courtney (CT); Angie Craig (MN); Jasmine Crockett (TX); Jason Crow (CO); Sharice Davids (KS); Danny K. Davis (IL); Madeleine Dean (PA); Diana DeGette (CO); Rosa L. DeLauro (CT); Suzan K. DelBene (WA); Christopher R. Deluzio (PA); Mark DeSaulnier (CA); Maxine Dexter (OR); Debbie Dingell (MI); Lloyd Doggett (TX); Sarah Elfreth (MD); Veronica Escobar (TX); Adriano Espaillat (NY); Dwight Evans (PA); Cleo Fields (LA); Lizzie Fletcher (TX); Bill Foster (IL); Valerie P. Foushee (NC); Lois Frankel (FL); Laura Friedman (CA); Maxwell Frost (FL); John Garamendi (CA); Sylvia R. Garcia (TX); Robert Garcia (CA); Laura Gillen (NY); Daniel S. Goldman (NY); Jimmy Gomez (CA); Vicente Gonzalez (TX); Maggie Goodlander (NH); Josh Gottheimer (NJ); Al Green (TX); Josh Harder (CA); Jahana Hayes (CT); James A. Himes (CT); Steven Horsford (NV); Chrissy Houlahan (PA); Steny H. Hoyer (MD); Val T. Hoyle (OR); Jared Huffman (CA); Glenn Ivey (MD); Jonathan L. Jackson (IL); Sara Jacobs (CA); Pramila Jayapal (WA); Hakeem S. Jeffries (NY); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (GA); Julie Johnson (TX); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA); Marcy Kaptur (OH); William R. Keating (MA); Robin L. Kelly (IL); Timothy M. Kennedy (NY); Ro Khanna (CA); Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL); Greg Landsman (OH); Rick Larsen (WA); John B. Larson (CT); George Latimer (NY); Susie Lee (NV); Summer L. Lee (PA); Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM); Mike Levin (CA); Sam T. Liccardo (CA); Ted Lieu (CA); Zoe Lofgren (CA); Stephen F. Lynch (MA); Seth Magaziner (RI); John W. Mannion (NY); Doris O. Matsui (CA); Lucy McBath (GA); Sarah McBride (DE); Mrs. McClain Delaney; Jennifer L. McClellan (VA); Betty McCollum (MN); Morgan McGarvey (KY); James P. McGovern (MA); LaMonica McIver (NJ); Gregory W. Meeks (NY); Robert Menendez (NJ); Grace Meng (NY); Kweisi Mfume (MD); Dave Min (CA); Gwen Moore (WI); Joseph D. Morelle (NY); Kelly Morrison (MN); Jared Moskowitz (FL); Seth Moulton (MA); Frank J. Mrvan (IN); Kevin Mullin (CA); Jerrold Nadler (NY); Richard E. Neal (MA); Joe Neguse (CO); Donald Norcross (NJ); Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY); Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (MD); Ilhan Omar (MN); Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ); Jimmy Panetta (CA); Chris Pappas (NH); Nancy Pelosi (CA); Scott H. Peters (CA); Brittany Pettersen (CO); Chellie Pingree (ME); Stacey E. Plaskett (VI); Mark Pocan (WI); Ayanna Pressley (MA); Mike Quigley (IL); Delia C. Ramirez (IL); Jamie Raskin (MD); Josh Riley (NY); Luz M. Rivas (CA); Deborah K. Ross (NC); Raul Ruiz (CA); Patrick Ryan (NY); Andrea Salinas (OR); Linda T. Sanchez (CA); Mary Gay Scanlon (PA); Janice D. Schakowsky (IL); Bradley Scott Schneider (IL); Hillary J. Scholten (MI); Kim Schrier (WA); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA); David Scott (GA); Terri A. Sewell (AL); Brad Sherman (CA); Mikie Sherrill (NJ); Lateefah Simon (CA); Adam Smith (WA); Eric Sorensen (IL); Darren Soto (FL); Melanie A. Stansbury (NM); Greg Stanton (AZ); Haley M. Stevens (MI); Marilyn Strickland (WA); Suhas Subramanyam (VA); Thomas R. Suozzi (NY); Eric Swalwell (CA); Emilia Strong Sykes (OH); Mark Takano (CA); Shri Thanedar (MI); Bennie G. Thompson (MS); Dina Titus (NV); Rashida Tlaib (MI); Jill N. Tokuda (HI); Paul Tonko (NY); Norma J. Torres (CA); Ritchie Torres (NY); Lori Trahan (MA); Derek Tran (CA); Lauren Underwood (IL); Juan Vargas (CA); Gabe Vasquez (NM); Nydia M. Velazquez (NY); Marc A. Veasey (TX); Eugene Simon Vindman (VA); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL); Maxine Waters (CA); Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ); Nikema Williams (GA); Frederica S. Wilson (FL); Steve Cohen (TN)
Committees
Committee on the Judiciary (Standing)
United States Code Reference
18 U.S.C. 922, 924 and 927