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House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

To prohibit the transfer of a handgun by a licensed dealer unless the transferee states that the transferee is not the subject of a restraining order with respect to an intimate partner or child of the transferee.

H.R. 2774Introduced Oct 30, 1997Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Sponsor: Rep. Rod Blagojevich D-IL
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Where it went

Latest action: Nov 13, 1997 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

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

51 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 46 Democrats

5 of 51 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Julia Carson (D-IN), William Clay (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Danny Davis (D-IL), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Lane Evans (D-IL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Harold Ford (D-TN), Barney Frank (D-MA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Gerald Kleczka (D-WI), John LaFalce (D-NY), Tom Lantos (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), William Lipinski (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Thomas Manton (D-NY), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Martin Meehan (D-MA) and 21 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rod Blagojevich.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-5 district

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Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.