House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Federal Firearm Licensee Act
Official title: To modernize the business of selling firearms.
Sponsor: Rep. Robin Kelly D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 3, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 3, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2618.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KELLY of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 60, April 3, 2025, Page H1418):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2618, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2618
- 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.
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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
88 cosponsors — 88 Democrats
0 of 88 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Troy Carter (D-LA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Valerie Foushee (D-NC) and 58 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 1342 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of June 5, 2026, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2026 as "National Gun Violence…
- H.Res. 457 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of June 6, 2025, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2025 as "National Gun Violence…
- H.R. 4084 (119th) Access to Birth Control Act
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Related bills
- S. 1294 (119th) Federal Firearm Licensee ActIdentical 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.