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Proposed Federal Senate Legislation SB2213

Legislation Overview

Title: Background Check Completion Act of 2015

Subject: Criminal justice information and records: Firearms and explosives: Licensing and registrations: Retail and wholesale trades: Crime and law enforcement

Description: Background Check Completion Act of 2015 This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a licensed gun dealer from transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person prior to completion of a background check. (Current law permits a licensed gun dealer to transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person if a submitted background check remains incomplete after three business days.)

Session: 114th Congress

Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Last Action Date: October 28, 2015

Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d114:SN02213:@@@L&summ2=m&

Sponsors

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17 sponsors: Richard Blumenthal (D); Cory Booker (D); Barbara Boxer (D); Benjamin Cardin (D); Robert Casey (D); Christopher Coons (D); Richard Durbin (D); Dianne Feinstein (D); Kirsten Gillibrand (D); Mazie Hirono (D); Tim Kaine (D); Edward Markey (D); Robert Menendez (D); Christopher Murphy (D); Jack Reed (D); Elizabeth Warren (D); Sheldon Whitehouse (D)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
Senate	Oct 28 2015	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Texts

Type	Date	Federal Link	Text
Introduced	Oct 30 2015	federal bill text	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time

Committee

Votes

There have not been any votes on this bill