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 Senate Legislation SB1212
This bill will allow 'family members' to ask government to take away a constitutional right without due process of any kind.
Legislation Overview
Title: Gun Violence Prevention Order Act of 2017
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Crime prevention: Criminal justice information and records: Domestic violence and child abuse: Firearms and explosives: Law enforcement administration and funding: State and local government operations: Violent crime
Description: Gun Violence Prevention Order Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit firearm sale or transfer to or receipt or possession by a person who is subject to a gun violence prevention order. A gun violence prevention order is a court order that prohibits an individual from owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm. The bill authorizes the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to make grants to states that have in effect legislation that: (1) authorizes a family member, or a law enforcement officer, to apply for a gun violence prevention order against an individual who may pose a significant risk to themselves or others; (2) authorizes a law enforcement officer to temporarily seize firearms from that individual, subject to a warrant; and (3) requires law enforcement agencies to comply with certain requirements.
Session: 115th Congress
Last Action: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Last Action Date: March 14, 2018
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1212/all-info
Sponsors
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21 sponsors: Dianne Feinstein (D); Kirsten Gillibrand (D); Edward Markey (D); Richard Blumenthal (D); Bill Nelson (D); Margaret Hassan (D); Bernard Sanders (I); Robert Menendez (D); Angus King (I); Christopher Murphy (D); Robert Casey (D); Kamala Harris (D); Maria Cantwell (D); Tammy Baldwin (D); Richard Durbin (D); Brian Schatz (D); Cory Booker (D); Jeanne Shaheen (D); Benjamin Cardin (D); Chris Van Hollen (D); Elizabeth Warren (D)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Mar 14 2018 | Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. |
| Senate | May 24 2017 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3147-3148) |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jun 6 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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Votes
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Comments On This Bill
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