House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage Act
Sponsor: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 9, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 52.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JACKSON LEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H109):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 3 & 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 140 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 52, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/52
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 May 27, 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
86 cosponsors — 86 Democrats
0 of 86 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Maxwell Frost (D-FL) and 56 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.
- H.R. 3208 (118th) DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training Program Act
- H.R. 8525 (118th) George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2024
- H.R. 40 (118th) Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act
- H.R. 4965 (118th) Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage Act
- H.Res. 1308 (118th) Recognizing June 19, 2024, as this year's observance of the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day.
- H.Res. 505 (118th) Recognizing June 19, 2023, as this year's observance of the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day.
Related bills
- H.R. 8619 (119th) Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage 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.