PA Bill Number: HB2663
Title: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal.
Description: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal. ...
Last Action: Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES
Last Action Date: Nov 19, 2024
Proposed Federal House Legislation HB256
Legislation Overview
Title: Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Firearms and explosives: Military personnel and dependents
Description: Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to allow a licensed gun dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm to the spouse of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty. (Current law already allows a licensed dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell a firearm to a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty.) The bill also specifies that, for purposes of federal firearms laws, a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty, or his or her spouse, is a resident of the state in which: (1) the member or spouse maintains legal residence, (2) the permanent duty station of the member is located, and (3) the member maintains a home from which he or she commutes to the permanent duty station.
Session: 115th Congress
Last Action: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Hunter asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 256, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Farenthold, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Last Action Date: April 25, 2018
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/256/all-info
Companion Bill: SB394
Sponsors
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18 sponsors: Blake Farenthold (R); Louie Gohmert (R); Rick Allen (R); Pete Sessions (R); Mark Meadows (R); Chris Stewart (R); David McKinley (R); Elise Stefanik (R); John Ratcliffe (R); Steve King (R); Steven Palazzo (R); Bruce Poliquin (R); Pete Olson (R); Jody Hice (R); Todd Rokita (R); Dan Newhouse (R); Brian Babin (R); Earl Carter (R)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Apr 25 2018 | ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Hunter asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 256, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Farenthold, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection. |
| House | Jan 12 2017 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H396) |
| House | Jan 10 2017 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. |
| House | Jan 4 2017 | Introduced in House |
| House | Jan 4 2017 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 13 2017 | federal bill text | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
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