House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5103.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 35, February 27, 2018, Page H1334):Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 155 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5103, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5103
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
12 cosponsors — 12 Democrats
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), James Langevin (D-RI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Jamie Raskin (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Danny Davis.
- H.R. 2410 (115th) Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2017
- H.R. 2834 (115th) Partnership Grants to Strengthen Families Affected by Parental Substance Abuse Act
- H.R. 2633 (115th) Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2017
- H.R. 3525 (115th) Home Visiting Works Act of 2017
- H.R. 3742 (115th) Fostering Success in Higher Education Act of 2017
- H.R. 1757 (115th) Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act of 2017
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.