PA Bill Number: HB1604
Title: In employees, providing for mandatory firearms training for certain officers.
Description: In employees, providing for mandatory firearms training for certain officers. ...
Last Action: Laid on the table
Last Action Date: Oct 27, 2025
Proposed Federal House Legislation HB2871
Legislation Overview
Title: Keeping Guns From Criminals Act
Subject: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation: Criminal justice information and records: Firearms and explosives: Licensing and registrations: Crime and law enforcement
Description: Keeping Guns From Criminals Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the criminal liability standard for certain firearm sales or transfers. Current law makes it a crime for any person to knowingly sell or transfer a firearm to a prohibited person (i.e., a person who is prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm). This legislation eliminates the "knowingly" standard to impose criminal liability on any person who sells or transfers a firearm to a prohibited person, regardless of whether such seller or transferor knows that the buyer is a prohibited person.
Session: 114th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Last Action Date: July 9, 2015
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2871/all-info
Sponsors
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20 sponsors: Don Beyer (D); Chris Van Hollen (D); Gerald Connolly (D); Gregory Meeks (D); Mark DeSaulnier (D); Kathleen Rice (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); Henry Johnson (D); Sam Farr (D); Louise Slaughter (D); Alcee Hastings (D); James McGovern (D); Charles Rangel (D); Yvette Clarke (D); William Keating (D); Niki Tsongas (D); Jackie Speier (D); Eliot Engel (D); Juan Vargas (D)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jul 9 2015 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. |
| House | Jun 24 2015 | Introduced in House |
| House | Jun 24 2015 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jun 30 2015 | federal bill text | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations
Votes
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