Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Session: 118th Congress
Title: To require the United States Armed Forces to fully utilize applicable State extreme risk protection order programs, and for other purposes.
Description: To require the United States Armed Forces to fully utilize applicable State extreme risk protection order programs, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Last Action Date: December 18, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Armed Forces Crisis Intervention Notification Act
Description: A bill to require the United States Armed Forces to fully utilize applicable State extreme risk protection order programs, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6053-6054)
Last Action Date: September 16, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3018) to authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders.
Description: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3018) to authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Last Action Date: June 7, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2024
Description: A bill to reform Federal firearms laws, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 16, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2023
Description: To end the epidemic of gun violence and build safer communities by strengthening Federal firearms laws and supporting gun violence research, intervention, and prevention initiatives.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Last Action Date: December 8, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Fair Legal Access Grants Act
Description: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to award grants for providing legal resources for petitioners seeking extreme risk protection orders, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 25, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Fair Legal Access Grants Act
Description: A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to award grants for providing legal resources for petitioners seeking extreme risk protection orders, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 10, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2023
Description: To authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders.
Last Action: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs. McBath. Petition No: 118-13.
Last Action Date: June 26, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Extreme Risk Protection Order Expansion Act of 2023
Description: To support State, Tribal, and local efforts to remove access to firearms from individuals who are a danger to themselves or others pursuant to court orders for this purpose.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 2, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Extreme Risk Protection Order Expansion Act of 2023
Description: A bill to support State, Tribal, and local efforts to remove access to firearms from individuals who are a danger to themselves or others pursuant to court orders for this purpose.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S235)
Last Action Date: February 2, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Preventing Unjust Red Flag Laws Act of 2023
Description: To prohibit funding for the implementation and enforcement of Federal red flag orders.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 11, 2023
Session: 117th Congress
Title: To end the epidemic of gun violence and build safer communities by strengthening Federal firearms laws and supporting gun violence research, intervention, and prevention initiatives.
Description: To end the epidemic of gun violence and build safer communities by strengthening Federal firearms laws and supporting gun violence research, intervention, and prevention initiatives.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Last Action Date: December 20, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Shall Not Be Infringed Act
Description: Repeals the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which was signed into law on June 25, 2022. The act makes various changes to federal firearms laws, including to expand background check requirements, broaden the scope of existing restrictions, and establish new criminal offenses. The act also reauthorizes, funds, and supports various programs, grants, and activities to promote access to behavioral and mental health services, enhance school safety and security initiatives, and address gun violence in communities.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.
Last Action Date: July 15, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: To direct the Attorney General to conduct a study on the efficacy of extreme risk protection orders on reducing gun violence, and for other purposes.
Description: To direct the Attorney General to conduct a study on the efficacy of extreme risk protection orders on reducing gun violence, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Protecting Our Kids Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for an increased age limit on the purchase of certain firearms, prevent gun trafficking, modernize the prohibition on untraceable firearms, encourage the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Received in the Senate.
Last Action Date: June 9, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Preventing Unjust Red Flag Laws Act of 2021
Description: Prohibits the use of federal funds to implement or enforce red flag laws. The term red flag laws means a risk-based, temporary, and preemptive protective order that authorizes the removal of firearms without due process.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2021
Description: To support State, Tribal, and local efforts to remove access to firearms from individuals who are a danger to themselves or others pursuant to court orders for this purpose.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2022
Description: To authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders.
Last Action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 9, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 16, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2021
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code to prohibit persons convicted of misdemeanor crimes against dating partners and persons subject to protection orders from possessing firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Extreme Risk Protection Order and Violence Prevention Act of 2021
Description: A bill to provide family members of an individual who they fear is a danger to himself, herself, or others, or law enforcement, with new tools to prevent gun violence.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 8, 2021
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2020
Description: A bill to reform Federal firearms laws, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 22, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019
Description: To authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: June 28, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2019
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that persons subject to firearm restraining orders and persons convicted of violent misdemeanors are prohibited from possessing firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 3, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019
Description: Addresses extreme risk protection order laws. Extreme risk protection order laws, or red flag laws, generally allow certain individuals (e.g., law enforcement officers or family members) to petition a court for a temporary order that prohibits an at-risk individual from purchasing and possessing firearms. First, the bill establishes a grant program to help states and Indian tribes implement extreme risk protection order laws and carry out related activities. Local governments and other entities may also receive grants to carry out certain activities, such as raising public awareness of extreme risk protection order laws. Further, grant recipients must use a specified portion of funds to provide training for law enforcement. In addition, the bill expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving, possessing, shipping, or transporting a firearm or ammunition to include persons who are subject to an extreme risk protection order.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 14, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019
Description: Addresses extreme risk protection order laws. Extreme risk protection order laws, or red flag laws, generally allow certain individuals (e.g., law enforcement officers or family members) to petition a court for a temporary order that prohibits an at-risk individual from purchasing and possessing firearms. First, the bill establishes a grant program to help states and Indian tribes implement extreme risk protection order laws and carry out related activities. Local governments and other entities may also receive grants to carry out certain activities, such as raising public awareness of extreme risk protection order laws. Further, grant recipients must use a specified portion of funds to provide training for law enforcement. In addition, the bill expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving, possessing, shipping, or transporting a firearm or ammunition to include persons who are subject to an extreme risk protection order.
Last Action: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 16.
Last Action Date: September 10, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Protecting Our Communities and Rights Act of 2019
Description: Authorizes grants for states to implement extreme risk protection order laws (also known as red flag laws). An extreme risk protection order law permits a state court to issue an order that prohibits an individual from purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm. Additionally, persons subject to extreme risk protection orders constitute a new category of prohibited persons (i.e., persons barred from receiving, possessing, shipping, or transporting a firearm or ammunition).
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 4, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Extreme Risk Protection Order and Violence Prevention Act of 2019
Description: Establishes a new grant program to help states and Indian tribes implement extreme risk protection order laws. Extreme risk protection order laws, or red flag laws, generally allow certain individuals (e.g., law enforcement officers or family members) to petition a court for a temporary order that prohibits an at-risk individual from purchasing and possessing firearms. The bill also expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving, possessing, shipping, or transporting a firearm or ammunition. Specifically, it adds a new category of prohibited persons: persons who are subject to an extreme risk protection order.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 3, 2019
Session: 115th Congress
Title: Jake Laird Act of 2018
Description: Jake Laird Act of 2018
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Last Action Date: June 5, 2018