House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. James Himes D-CTWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 30, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9983.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIMES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 125, July 30, 2026, Page H5208):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 30, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9983, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9983
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
19 cosponsors — 19 Democrats
0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Himes.
- H.R. 3395 (119th) Middle Market IPO Cost Act
- H.R. 10125 (119th) NO PROFIT Act
- H.R. 7792 (119th) Property Improvement and Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act of 2026
- H.R. 10142 (119th) Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2026
- H.R. 3542 (119th) CLEAR (Committee Leadership and Enhanced Accountability for Resilience) Defense Production Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 5201 (119th) Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection 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.