About the bill
After the Texas church massacre this month, a bipartisan gun control bill was introduced by a Texas senator — who’s a Republican. Even the NRA has endorsed it. Could this one gun control bill pass?
Context
The mass shooter who killed killed 26 people at a Texas church on November 5 should have been legally prevented from obtaining the rifle he used, due to a 2012 domestic assault conviction for cracking his toddler stepson’s skull.
But the Air Force, where the perpetrator had previously served, failed to enter the conviction into the federal database which is supposed to prevent those convicted of domestic violence from obtaining weapons.
The reason for the conviction’s non-entry is currently the subject of an internal Air Force review, although human error appears the most …
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
This bill was incorporated into:
77 Cosponsors (43 Democrats, 32 Republicans, 2 Independents)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Hatch Touts Legislative Priorities Included in Omnibus”
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Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT, 1977-2018]
(Co-sponsor)
on Mar 22, 2018
History
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May 22, 2017
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Final Bill —
Passed House (Senate next)
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Nov 15, 2017
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Introduced
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Dec 6, 2017
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Considered by Senate Committee on the Judiciary
A committee held a hearing or business meeting about the bill.
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Feb 28, 2018
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Final Bill —
Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)
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Mar 22, 2018
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Final Bill —
Passed House with Changes (back to Senate)
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Mar 23, 2018
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Final Bill —
Senate Agreed to Changes
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Mar 23, 2018
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Final Bill —
Enacted — Signed by the President
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S. 2135 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
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Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 2135. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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