Secure Background Checks Act of 2023
Summary
Secure Background Checks Act of 2023 This bill extends federal restrictions on the receipt, possession, shipment, and transportation of firearms and ammunition to two new categories of persons: persons who fail to meet the minimum age requirements imposed by federal law and by the law of their resident state; and persons who are out-of-state residents and do not qualify for an exception, such as the temporary loan or rental of a firearm for lawful sporting purposes. Additionally, the bill imposes criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both—on an individual who ships, transports, or receives a firearm or ammunition while under indictment for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Apr 26, 2023
Last action Apr 26, 2023
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Full legislative history
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Total actions
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Committee
1
Apr 26, 2023
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
lower
Apr 26, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Joe Neguse
DDemocratic
Co
André Carson
DDemocratic
Co
Earl Blumenauer
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Glenn Ivey
DDemocratic
Co
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
J. Luis Correa
DDemocratic
Co
Jahana Hayes
DDemocratic
Co
Jake Auchincloss
DDemocratic
Co
Jamie Raskin
DDemocratic
Co
Linda T. Sánchez
DDemocratic
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