Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Another attempt by the anti-gun culture to open manufacturers up to civil responsibility for what criminals do. The thinking is that they can financially destroy the pro-gun movement by allowing civil courts to issue awards to plaintiffs that will financially ruin gun manufacturers.
Title: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act
Subject: Law
Description: To repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, and provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 340.
Last Action Date: July 26, 2022
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2814/all-info
Companion Bill: SB1338
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86 sponsors: Adam Schiff (D); Jake Auchincloss (D); Karen Bass (D); Don Beyer (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); Suzanne Bonamici (D); Julia Brownley (D); Cori Bush (D); Val Demings (D); Mark DeSaulnier (D); Theodore Deutch (D); Pramila Jayapal (D); Henry Johnson (D); John Larson (D); Alan Lowenthal (D); Stephen Lynch (D); Carolyn Maloney (D); Grace Napolitano (D); Joseph Neguse (D); Marie Newman (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Jamie Raskin (D); Janice Schakowsky (D); Marilyn Strickland (D); Thomas Suozzi (D); Eric Swalwell (D); Dina Titus (D); Ritchie Torres (D); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D); Brendan Boyle (D); Gerald Connolly (D); Frederica Wilson (D); Jason Crow (D); Dwight Evans (D); Grace Meng (D); Mary Gay Scanlon (D); Barbara Lee (D); Sean Casten (D); Terri Sewell (D); Ro Khanna (D); Joe Courtney (D); James Himes (D); Steve Cohen (D); Katie Porter (D); Charlie Crist (D); Bonnie Coleman (D); Robert Scott (D); Mike Quigley (D); Mike Levin (D); Jesus Garcia (D); Nikema Williams (D); Katherine Clark (D); Suzan DelBene (D); Jackie Speier (D); Kathy Manning (D); Mondaire Jones (D); Mark Pocan (D); Brenda Lawrence (D); Joseph Morelle (D); John Garamendi (D); Madeleine Dean (D); David Cicilline (D); Sara Jacobs (D); Sheila Jackson-Lee (D); Vicente Gonzalez (D); Conor Lamb (D); Haley Stevens (D); Jahana Hayes (D); Veronica Escobar (D); David Scott (D); Nanette Barragan (D); Zoe Lofgren (D); Jimmy Gomez (D); Doris Matsui (D); Andre Carson (D); Norma Torres (D); Brian Higgins (D); Rick Larsen (D); Kweisi Mfume (D); Elaine Luria (D); Salud Carbajal (D); Judy Chu (D); Rashida Tlaib (D); David Price (D); Jared Huffman (D); Elizabeth Fletcher (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jul 26 2022 | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-436. |
| House | Jul 26 2022 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 340. |
| House | Jul 20 2022 | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. |
| House | Jul 20 2022 | Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged. |
| House | Jul 20 2022 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 18. |
| House | Oct 19 2021 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
| House | Apr 22 2021 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| House | Apr 22 2021 | Introduced in House |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jun 15 2021 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Introduced | Jul 27 2022 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
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