House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
To prohibit the possession or transfer of non-sporting handguns.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 1997
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
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.
- H.Res. 536 (105th) Congratulating Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs for tying the current major league record for home runs in one season.
- H.R. 3553 (105th) Central American and Caribbean Refugee Adjustment Act of 1998
- H.R. 2253 (105th) Veterans Sexual Trauma Treatment Act
- H.R. 1015 (105th) Immigrant Fairness Act of 1997
- H.R. 182 (105th) Federal Living Wage Responsibility Act
- H.R. 3726 (105th) Wire Transfer Fairness and Disclosure Act of 1998
Sponsor’s state and district
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.