House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
State Firearms Dealer Licensing Enhancement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 30, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 1, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8760.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MORELLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 140, August 30, 2022, Page H7731):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 30, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8760, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8760
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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 January 3, 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
29 cosponsors — 29 Democrats
0 of 29 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Robin Kelly (D-IL), James Langevin (D-RI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Katie Porter (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), David Scott (D-GA), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- H.R. 9440 (119th) State Firearms Dealer Licensing Enhancement ActCross-Congress related bill
- S. 4926 (119th) State Firearms Dealer Licensing Enhancement ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.