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House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

To prohibit the possession or transfer of non-sporting handguns.

H.R. 476Introduced Jan 21, 1997Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Sponsor: Rep. Luis Gutierrez D-IL
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Where it went

Latest action: Jan 28, 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

64 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 62 Democrats

1 of 64 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Howard Berman (D-CA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), George Brown (D-CA), Julia Carson (D-IN), William Clay (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), William Coyne (D-PA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Bob Filner (D-CA), Floyd Flake (D-NY), Thomas Foglietta (D-PA), Harold Ford (D-TN), Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Ron Kind (D-WI), Tom Lantos (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), William Lipinski (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and 34 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Luis Gutierrez.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-4 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.