HR-1116 : Still Just a Bill


Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act

This bill expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm or ammunition.

Specifically, it adds the following new categories of prohibited persons:

  • persons convicted of a crime of violence in the most recent 10-year period;
  • persons under age 25 who have been adjudicated as having committed an offense that would have been a crime of violence if committed by an adult;
  • persons convicted, during a consecutive 3-year period in the most recent 10-year period, of two separate offenses involving drug or alcohol possession or distribution; and
  • persons convicted of stalking.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2019-03-25CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.House committee actions
2019-02-08IntroReferralReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.House floor actions
2019-02-08IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress