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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025

S. 478Introduced Feb 6, 2025Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system.

Sponsor: Sen. John Kennedy R-LA
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Where it went

Latest action: Mar 11, 2025 — Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-35.

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

40 cosponsors — 40 Republicans

0 of 40 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Jim Banks (R-IN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), John Boozman (R-AR), Katie Britt (R-AL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Steve Daines (R-MT), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Darline Graham (R-SC), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Hoeven (R-ND), Jon Husted (R-OH), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), James Justice (R-WV), James Lankford (R-OK), Mike Lee (R-UT), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Roger Marshall (R-KS), David McCormick (R-PA), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Bernie Moreno (R-OH), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Rand Paul (R-KY) and 10 more.

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Sponsor’s state and district

Louisiana in Congress

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Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.