House bill · 101st Congress · Did not become law
Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1989
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 9, 1989
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 26, 1990 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
64 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 61 Democrats
3 of 64 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Chester Atkins (D-MA), Jim Bates (D-CA), Anthony Beilenson (D-CA), Howard Berman (D-CA), David Bonior (D-MI), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), William Clay (D-MO), Cardiss Collins (D-IL), John Conyers (D-MI), George Crockett (D-MI), Ron De Lugo (D-VI), Thomas Downey (D-NY), Bernard Dwyer (D-NJ), Mervyn Dymally (D-CA), Don Edwards (D-CA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Dante Fascell (D-FL), Walter Fauntroy (D-DC), Edward Feighan (D-OH), Thomas Foglietta (D-PA), Jamie Fuster (D-PR), Robert Garcia (D-NY), Henry Gonzalez (D-TX), S. Green (R-NY), Frank Guarini (D-NJ), Augustus Hawkins (D-CA), Charles Hayes (D-IL), George Hochbrueckner (D-NY) and 34 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 101st Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lawrence Smith.
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- H.J.Res. 591 (101st) Designating the third Sunday of August of 1990 as "National Senior Citizens Day".
- H.J.Res. 225 (101st) To authorize and request the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the third Sunday of August of 1989 as "National Senior…
- H.J.Res. 610 (101st) Designating October 1990 as "Ending Hunger Month".
- H.J.Res. 224 (101st) To designate the week beginning October 29, 1989, as "Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week".
- H.J.Res. 341 (101st) Designating November 1989 as "An End to Hunger Education Month".
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.