House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage Act
Official title: To make unlawful the sale of any firearm by a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer without a written notice promoting safe storage and a safe storage device, to create and disseminate best practices regarding safe firearm storage, to create a grant program for the distribution of safe storage devices, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for a credit against tax for sales at retail of safe firearm storage devices, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Christian Menefee D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 30, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 15, 2026 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3541)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8619.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MENEFEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 76, April 30, 2026, Page H3332):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 30, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8619, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8619
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 21, 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 October 20, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Sam Liccardo (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christian Menefee.
Related bills
- H.R. 4487 (119th) Gun Safety Incentive ActRelated bill
- H.R. 52 (118th) Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage ActCross-Congress related bill
- H.R. 7545 (117th) Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 21, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.