House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 6, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 6, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3863.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MAGAZINER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 98, June 6, 2023, Page H2764):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: The bill modifies the requirements and penalties for an individual who engages in the business of dealing, importing, or manufacturing firearmsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 6, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 207 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3863, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3863
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
41c623f90af07a2c1d933598198c6cc8e204a5d2c924bf366faa0c8b7c43711b
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3863, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
9 cosponsors — 9 Democrats
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Ed Case (D-HI), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Seth Magaziner.
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- H.R. 7752 (118th) PTO Act
- H.R. 6888 (118th) Clean Energy Workforce Act
- H.Res. 1029 (118th) Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a Permanent Select Committee on Aging.
- H.R. 6553 (118th) To require the waiver of costs of activities relating to the evacuation of United States citizens endangered by acts of terrorism or war…
- H.R. 9337 (118th) Don’t STEAL Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.