PA Bill Number: HB2759
Title: In firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for Pennsylvania State Police.
Description: In firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for Pennsylvania State Police. ...
Last Action: Referred to JUDICIARY
Last Action Date: Aug 9, 2022
Federal Legislation Tagged With 'Age Restrictions' Tag
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 2377) to authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders; providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 7910) to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for an increased age limit on the purchase of certain firearms, prevent gun trafficking, modernize the prohibition on untraceable firearms, encourage the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes; and for other purposes. Providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 2377) to authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders; providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 7910) to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for an increased age limit on the purchase of certain firearms, prevent gun trafficking, modernize the prohibition on untraceable firearms, encourage the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes; and for other purposes. Providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 2377) to authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders; providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 7910) to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for an increased age limit on the purchase of certain firearms, prevent gun trafficking, modernize the prohibition on untraceable firearms, encourage the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.
Description: Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.B. 2377) to authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders; providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 7910) to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for an increased age limit on the purchase of certain firearms, prevent gun trafficking, modernize the prohibition on untraceable firearms, encourage the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Last Action Date: June 8, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Protecting Our Kids Act
Description: Makes various changes to federal firearms laws, including to establish new criminal offenses and to expand the types of weapons and devices that are subject to regulation. Among the changes, the bill generally prohibits the sale or transfer of certain semiautomatic firearms to individuals who are under 21 years of age; establishes new federal criminal offenses for gun trafficking and related conduct; establishes a federal statutory framework to regulate ghost guns (i.e., guns without serial numbers); establishes a framework to regulate the storage of firearms on residential premises at the federal, state, and tribal levels; subjects bump stocks to regulation under federal firearms laws; generally prohibits the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, and possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices; and requires the Department of Justice to report on the demographic data of persons who are determined to be ineligible to purchase a firearm based on a background check performed by the national instant criminal background check system.
Last Action: Received in the Senate.
Last Action Date: June 9, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Age 21 Act
Description: Raises the minimum age to purchase a large capacity ammunition feeding device or semiautomatic assault weapon from 18 to 21 years of age.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 19, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: 21 to Buy Act
Description: Generally prohibits a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, importer, or collector from selling or transferring a shotgun or rifle to an individual who is under 21 years of age.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: August 10, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Raise the Age Act
Description: Establishes new restrictions on the sale or transfer of certain semiautomatic firearms to individuals under 21 years of age. Specifically, this bill makes it unlawful for a licensed gun dealer, importer, manufacturer, or collector to sell or deliver a semiautomatic center-fire rifle that has (or has the capacity to accept) an ammunition feeding device with a capacity of more than five rounds to an individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is under age 21. The prohibition does not apply if the individual under age 21 is a full-time law enforcement officer or active-duty member of the Armed Forces. The bill also requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report on the operation of its public access line, including a description of information sharing protocols and recommendations for improving such protocols.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: November 9, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: SAFER Voter Act Second Amendment For Every Registrable Voter Act
Description: Reduces the minimum age—from 21 years to 18 years—at which an individual may obtain a handgun from a federally licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, importer, or collector.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: October 19, 2021
Session: 117th Congress
Title: SAME Act Second Amendment Mandates Equality Act
Description: Reduces the minimum age—from 21 years to 18 years—at which an individual may obtain a handgun from a federally licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, importer, or collector.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 27, 2021
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2020
Description: A bill to reform Federal firearms laws, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 22, 2020
Session: 116th Congress
Title: SAFER Voter Act. Second Amendment For Every Registrable Voter Act
Description: Reduces the minimum age—from 21 years to 18 years—at which an individual may obtain a handgun from a federally licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, importer, or collector.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 30, 2020
