House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
State Firearms Dealer Licensing Enhancement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 14, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1595.
- 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. 169, No. 47, March 14, 2023, Page H1287):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Violence PreventionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 198 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1595, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1595
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 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
31 cosponsors — 31 Democrats
0 of 31 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Sean Casten (D-IL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Grace Meng (D-NY), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), David Scott (D-GA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and 1 more.
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 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.