House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
SAFES Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 27, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8877.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 108, June 27, 2024, Page H4411):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the UnitedStates Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: to create a tax credit for the purchase of gun safesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 161 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8877, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8877
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 12, 2024
- 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 12, 2024). 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
37 cosponsors — 37 Democrats
0 of 37 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Katie Porter (D-CA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Andrea Salinas (D-OR) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nikema Williams.
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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.