House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
COOL OFF Act
Official title: To provide for a 3-day waiting period before a person may receive a handgun, with exceptions.
Sponsor: Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4688.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 126, July 23, 2025, Page H3648):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 215 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4688, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4688
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 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 25, 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
25 cosponsors — 25 Democrats
0 of 25 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Henry Johnson (D-GA), William Keating (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), George Latimer (D-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi.
- H.R. 5773 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, as the "Bernie…
- H.R. 5434 (119th) 988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act of 2025
- H.Res. 824 (119th) Recognizing the religious and historical significance of the festival of Diwali.
- H.R. 2559 (119th) Taiwan Allies Fund Act
- H.R. 3452 (119th) Six Assurances to Taiwan Act
- H.Res. 41 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of the month of January, as "Tamil Language and Heritage Month".
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.