What it does
SourcedEthan's Law
This bill establishes a framework to regulate the storage of firearms on residential premises at the federal, state, and tribal levels.
At the federal level, the bill establishes statutory requirements for firearms on residential premises to be safely stored if a minor is likely to gain access without permission or if a resident is ineligible to possess a firearm.
An individual who violates the requirements is subject to criminal penalties. A firearm stored in violation of the requirements is subject to seizure and forfeiture.
At the state and tribal levels, the bill requires the Department of Justice to award grants to implement functionally identical requirements for the safe storage of firearms.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Feb 25, 2025).
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Sourced- Feb 25, 2025Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress
Cosponsors
- Alma S. Adams D-NC-12
- Pete Aguilar D-CA-33
- Gabe Amo D-RI-1
- Yassamin Ansari D-AZ-3
- Jake Auchincloss D-MA-4
- Becca Balint D-VT-At Large
- Nanette Diaz Barragán D-CA-44
- Joyce Beatty D-OH-3
- Wesley Bell D-MO-1
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr. D-VA-8
- Everton Blair Jr. D-GA-13
- Suzanne Bonamici D-OR-1
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- Brendan F. Boyle D-PA-2
- Shontel M. Brown D-OH-11
- Julia Brownley D-CA-26
- Nikki Budzinski D-IL-13
- Janelle S. Bynum D-OR-5
- Salud O. Carbajal D-CA-24
- André Carson D-IN-7
- Troy A. Carter D-LA-2
- Greg Casar D-TX-35
- Ed Case D-HI-1
- Sean Casten D-IL-6
- Kathy Castor D-FL-14
- Joaquin Castro D-TX-20
- Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick D-FL-20
- Judy Chu D-CA-28
- Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. D-CA-31
- Yvette D. Clarke D-NY-9
- Emanuel Cleaver D-MO-5
- James E. Clyburn D-SC-6
- Steve Cohen D-TN-9
- Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. D-NJ-3
- Rep. Gerald E. Connolly D-VA-11
- J. Luis Correa D-CA-46
- Jim Costa D-CA-21
- Joe Courtney D-CT-2
- Angie Craig D-MN-2
- Jasmine Crockett D-TX-30
- Jason Crow D-CO-6
- Sharice Davids D-KS-3
- Danny K. Davis D-IL-7
- Madeleine Dean D-PA-4
- Diana DeGette D-CO-1
- Suzan K. DelBene D-WA-1
- Christopher R. Deluzio D-PA-17
- Mark DeSaulnier D-CA-10
- Maxine Dexter D-OR-3
- Debbie Dingell D-MI-6
- Lloyd Doggett D-TX-37
- Sarah Elfreth D-MD-3
- Veronica Escobar D-TX-16
- Adriano Espaillat D-NY-13
- Dwight Evans D-PA-3
- Cleo Fields D-LA-6
- Lizzie Fletcher D-TX-7
- Bill Foster D-IL-11
- Valerie P. Foushee D-NC-4
- Lois Frankel D-FL-22
- Laura Friedman D-CA-30
- Maxwell Frost D-FL-10
- John Garamendi D-CA-8
- Robert Garcia D-CA-42
- Sylvia R. Garcia D-TX-29
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García D-IL-4
- Daniel S. Goldman D-NY-10
- Jimmy Gomez D-CA-34
- Maggie Goodlander D-NH-2
- Josh Gottheimer D-NJ-5
- Al Green D-TX-9
- Adelita S. Grijalva D-AZ-7
- Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ-7
- Josh Harder D-CA-9
- Jahana Hayes D-CT-5
- James A. Himes D-CT-4
- Steven Horsford D-NV-4
- Chrissy Houlahan D-PA-6
- Steny H. Hoyer D-MD-5
- Val T. Hoyle D-OR-4
- Jared Huffman D-CA-2
- Glenn Ivey D-MD-4
- Jonathan L. Jackson D-IL-1
- Sara Jacobs D-CA-51
- Pramila Jayapal D-WA-7
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA-4
- Julie Johnson D-TX-32
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove D-CA-37
- Marcy Kaptur D-OH-9
- William R. Keating D-MA-9
- Robin L. Kelly D-IL-2
- Timothy M. Kennedy D-NY-26
- Ro Khanna D-CA-17
- Raja Krishnamoorthi D-IL-8
- Greg Landsman D-OH-1
- Rick Larsen D-WA-2
- John B. Larson D-CT-1
- George Latimer D-NY-16
- Summer L. Lee D-PA-12
- Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NM-3
- Mike Levin D-CA-49
- Sam T. Liccardo D-CA-16
- Ted Lieu D-CA-36
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA-18
- Stephen F. Lynch D-MA-8
- Seth Magaziner D-RI-2
- John W. Mannion D-NY-22
- Doris O. Matsui D-CA-7
- Lucy McBath D-GA-6
- Sarah McBride D-DE-At Large
- April McClain Delaney D-MD-6
- Jennifer L. McClellan D-VA-4
- Betty McCollum D-MN-4
- Morgan McGarvey D-KY-3
- James P. McGovern D-MA-2
- LaMonica McIver D-NJ-10
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY-5
- Analilia Mejia D-NJ-11
- Robert Menendez D-NJ-8
- Grace Meng D-NY-6
- Kweisi Mfume D-MD-7
- Dave Min D-CA-47
- Gwen Moore D-WI-4
- Joseph D. Morelle D-NY-25
- Kelly Morrison D-MN-3
- Jared Moskowitz D-FL-23
- Seth Moulton D-MA-6
- Frank J. Mrvan D-IN-1
- Kevin Mullin D-CA-15
- Jerrold Nadler D-NY-12
- Richard E. Neal D-MA-1
- Joe Neguse D-CO-2
- Donald Norcross D-NJ-1
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC-At Large
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-NY-14
- Johnny Olszewski, Jr. D-MD-2
- Ilhan Omar D-MN-5
- Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ-6
- Jimmy Panetta D-CA-19
- Chris Pappas D-NH-1
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA-11
- Scott H. Peters D-CA-50
- Brittany Pettersen D-CO-7
- Chellie Pingree D-ME-1
- Mark Pocan D-WI-2
- Nellie Pou D-NJ-9
- Mike Quigley D-IL-5
- Delia C. Ramirez D-IL-3
- Emily Randall D-WA-6
- Jamie Raskin D-MD-8
- Josh Riley D-NY-19
- Deborah K. Ross D-NC-2
- Raul Ruiz D-CA-25
- Patrick Ryan D-NY-18
- Andrea Salinas D-OR-6
- Mary Gay Scanlon D-PA-5
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL-9
- Bradley Scott Schneider D-IL-10
- Hillary J. Scholten D-MI-3
- Kim Schrier D-WA-8
- Rep. David Scott D-GA-13
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA-3
- Terri A. Sewell D-AL-7
- Brad Sherman D-CA-32
- Rep. Mikie Sherrill D-NJ-11
- Lateefah Simon D-CA-12
- Adam Smith D-WA-9
- Eric Sorensen D-IL-17
- Darren Soto D-FL-9
- Melanie A. Stansbury D-NM-1
- Greg Stanton D-AZ-4
- Haley M. Stevens D-MI-11
- Marilyn Strickland D-WA-10
- Suhas Subramanyam D-VA-10
- Thomas R. Suozzi D-NY-3
- Rep. Eric Swalwell D-CA-14
- Emilia Strong Sykes D-OH-13
- Mark Takano D-CA-39
- Shri Thanedar D-MI-13
- Bennie G. Thompson D-MS-2
- Mike Thompson D-CA-4
- Dina Titus D-NV-1
- Rashida Tlaib D-MI-12
- Jill N. Tokuda D-HI-2
- Paul Tonko D-NY-20
- Ritchie Torres D-NY-15
- Norma J. Torres D-CA-35
- Lori Trahan D-MA-3
- Derek Tran D-CA-45
- Rep. Sylvester Turner D-TX-18
- Lauren Underwood D-IL-14
- Juan Vargas D-CA-52
- Gabe Vasquez D-NM-2
- Marc A. Veasey D-TX-33
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY-7
- Eugene Simon Vindman D-VA-7
- James R. Walkinshaw D-VA-11
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL-25
- Maxine Waters D-CA-43
- Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ-12
- George Whitesides D-CA-27
- Nikema Williams D-GA-5
- Frederica S. Wilson D-FL-24