S 123referred119th Congress

Handgun Permit to Purchase Act

Introduced Jan 16, 2025Senate billPolicy area: Crime and Law EnforcementLast action Jan 16, 2025Sponsor: Chris Van Hollen(D-MD)

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Official summaryUpdated Jan 16, 2025

What the bill does

Handgun Permit to Purchase Act This bill authorizes a grant program for states, local governments, and Indian tribes to implement and evaluate handgun purchaser licensing requirements.

Latest official action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Lobbying Filings Citing It

$2.2M

Reported on Those Filings, All Issues

Lobbying Clients

Recorded Votes

Timeline

Jan 16, 2025bill

Bill introduced

May 9, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS

May 13, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC

Jul 18, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS

Jul 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC

Jul 21, 2025lobbying

Official Congressional Actions

Jan 16, 2025IntroReferral

Introduced in Senate

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Jan 16, 2025IntroReferral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Judiciary Committee

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Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.	GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC	$679.0K	Jul 21, 2025	2025Q2	FIR
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.	GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC	$650.4K	May 13, 2025	2025Q1	FIR
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS	$304.8K

About this page

The lobbying table lists Senate LDA quarterly reports (LD-2) that cite this bill by number and cover a quarter of the 119th Congress. An LD-2 names a bill as “H.R. 1234” with no Congress, so a report on another Congress, which can only concern a different bill with the same number, is left out, even when it was filed after this Congress began. The amount is what the registrant reported for the whole filing, across every issue on it, not spending on this bill. Official actions and the bill summary come from Congress.gov, and votes from the roll-call record. This page no longer pairs the bill with members' stock trades: matching lobbying clients to traded companies by name, and trades to a bill by date, is not something the records establish.