House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025
Official title: To require a background check for every firearm sale.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Thompson D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 18.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 99, June 10, 2025, Page H2615):The legislation is pursuant to Congress' power under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper Clause)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 114 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 18, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/18
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 18, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 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
214 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 212 Democrats
2 of 214 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA) and 184 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson.
- H.R. 4206 (119th) CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- H.R. 5862 (119th) American Energy Independence and Affordability Act
- H.R. 9489 (119th) GRACE for Military Survivors Act
- H.R. 1105 (119th) Disaster Resiliency and Coverage Act of 2025
- H.R. 8910 (119th) SLUSH FUND Act of 2026
- H.R. 6900 (119th) American Affordability Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 3214 (119th) Background Check Expansion ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.