House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Gun Theft Prevention Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 25, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. 8828.
- 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. 170, No. 106, June 25, 2024, Page H4152):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: JudiciarySource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 216 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8828, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8828
- 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
23 cosponsors — 23 Democrats
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Grace Meng (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Katie Porter (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), David Trone (D-MD), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Morelle.
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- H.R. 3916 (118th) SCREENS for Cancer Act of 2024
- H.R. 7321 (118th) Electronic Filing of Electioneering Communication Reports Act
- H.J.Res. 193 (118th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that there is no immunity from criminal prosecution for an act…
- H.R. 3106 (118th) Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act
- H.R. 3867 (118th) Spotted Lanternfly Research and Development 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.