Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
To provide for a 3-day waiting period before a person may receive a handgun
Title: COOL OFF Act Choosing Our Own Lives Over Fast Firearms Act
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Description: To provide for a 3-day waiting period before a person may receive a handgun, with exceptions.
Session: 119th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 23, 2025
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4688/all-info
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25 sponsors: Raja Krishnamoorthi (D); Jake Auchincloss (D); Sean Casten (D); Kathy Castor (D); Steve Cohen (D); Danny Davis (D); Salud Carbajal (D); Ted Lieu (D); Henry Johnson (D); Ro Khanna (D); William Keating (D); Joseph Morelle (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Mike Quigley (D); Janice Schakowsky (D); Shri Thanedar (D); Juan Vargas (D); Diana DeGette (D); Paul Tonko (D); Daniel Goldman (D); Dwight Evans (D); Nikema Williams (D); George Latimer (D); Brad Sherman (D); Sylvia Garcia (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jul 23 2025 | Introduced in House |
| House | Jul 23 2025 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Aug 8 2025 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill