Bills · 119th Congress · H.R. 18
Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025
IntroducedConfirmed from the official record
Sponsored by Mike Thompson DDemocrat, introduced . Policy area, as Congress files it: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Status is read from the official actions by their Library of Congress codes: Became Public Law (36000) or a law number on the bill reads "Became law"; Vetoed (31000) reads "Vetoed"; Presented to President (28000) reads "Sent to the President"; passed or agreed to in the House (8000) and in the Senate (17000) reads "Passed both chambers"; one of them alone reads "Passed the House" or "Passed the Senate" ("Agreed to" for a resolution); reported to the House (5000) or the Senate (14000) reads "Reported by committee"; anything else reads "Introduced".
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Cosponsors
214 cosponsors.
| Member | Joined |
|---|---|
| Brian K. Fitzpatrick RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor | |
| Pete Aguilar DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Gabe Amo DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Yassamin Ansari DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Jake Auchincloss DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Becca Balint DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Nanette Diaz Barragán DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Joyce Beatty DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Wesley Bell DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Ami Bera DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Donald S. Beyer, Jr. DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Suzanne Bonamici DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Brendan F. Boyle DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Shontel M. Brown DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Julia Brownley DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Nikki Budzinski DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Janelle S. Bynum DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Salud O. Carbajal DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| André Carson DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Troy A. Carter DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Greg Casar DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Ed Case DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Sean Casten DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Kathy Castor DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Joaquin Castro DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Judy Chu DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Katherine M. Clark DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Yvette D. Clarke DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Emanuel Cleaver DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| James E. Clyburn DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| J. Luis Correa DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Jim Costa DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Joe Courtney DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Angie Craig DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Jasmine Crockett DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Jason Crow DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Sharice Davids DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Danny K. Davis DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Madeleine Dean DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Diana DeGette DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Rosa L. DeLauro DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Suzan K. DelBene DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Christopher R. Deluzio DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Mark DeSaulnier DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Maxine Dexter DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Debbie Dingell DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Lloyd Doggett DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Sarah Elfreth DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Veronica Escobar DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Adriano Espaillat DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Dwight Evans DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Cleo Fields DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Lizzie Fletcher DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Bill Foster DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Valerie P. Foushee DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Lois Frankel DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Laura Friedman DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Maxwell Frost DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| John Garamendi DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Sylvia R. Garcia DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Jesús G. "Chuy" García DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Robert Garcia DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Laura Gillen DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Daniel S. Goldman DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Jimmy Gomez DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Vicente Gonzalez DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Maggie Goodlander DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Josh Gottheimer DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Al Green DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Josh Harder DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Jahana Hayes DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| James A. Himes DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Steven Horsford DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Chrissy Houlahan DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Steny H. Hoyer DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Val T. Hoyle DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Jared Huffman DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Glenn Ivey DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Jonathan L. Jackson DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Sara Jacobs DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Pramila Jayapal DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Hakeem S. Jeffries DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Julie Johnson DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Sydney Kamlager-Dove DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Marcy Kaptur DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| William R. Keating DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Robin L. Kelly DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Timothy M. Kennedy DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Ro Khanna DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Raja Krishnamoorthi DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Greg Landsman DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Rick Larsen DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| John B. Larson DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| George Latimer DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Susie Lee DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Summer L. Lee DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Teresa Leger Fernandez DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Mike Levin DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Sam T. Liccardo DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Ted Lieu DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Zoe Lofgren DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Stephen F. Lynch DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Seth Magaziner DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| John W. Mannion DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Doris O. Matsui DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Lucy McBath DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Sarah McBride DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| April McClain Delaney DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Jennifer L. McClellan DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Betty McCollum DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Kristen McDonald Rivet DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Morgan McGarvey DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| James P. McGovern DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| LaMonica McIver DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Gregory W. Meeks DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Robert Menendez DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Grace Meng DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Kweisi Mfume DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Dave Min DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Gwen Moore DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Joseph D. Morelle DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Kelly Morrison DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Jared Moskowitz DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Seth Moulton DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Frank J. Mrvan DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Kevin Mullin DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Jerrold Nadler DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Richard E. Neal DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Joe Neguse DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Donald Norcross DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Johnny Olszewski, Jr. DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Ilhan Omar DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Frank Pallone, Jr. DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Jimmy Panetta DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Chris Pappas DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Nancy Pelosi DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Scott H. Peters DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Brittany Pettersen DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Chellie Pingree DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Stacey E. Plaskett DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Mark Pocan DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Ayanna Pressley DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Mike Quigley DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Delia C. Ramirez DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Jamie Raskin DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Josh Riley DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Luz M. Rivas DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Deborah K. Ross DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Raul Ruiz DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Patrick Ryan DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Andrea Salinas DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Linda T. Sánchez DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Mary Gay Scanlon DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Janice D. Schakowsky DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Bradley Scott Schneider DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Hillary J. Scholten DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Kim Schrier DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Robert C. "Bobby" Scott DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Terri A. Sewell DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Brad Sherman DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Lateefah Simon DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Adam Smith DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Eric Sorensen DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Darren Soto DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Melanie A. Stansbury DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Greg Stanton DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Haley M. Stevens DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Marilyn Strickland DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Suhas Subramanyam DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Thomas R. Suozzi DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Emilia Strong Sykes DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Mark Takano DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Shri Thanedar DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Bennie G. Thompson DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Dina Titus DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Rashida Tlaib DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Jill N. Tokuda DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Paul Tonko DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Norma J. Torres DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Ritchie Torres DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Lori Trahan DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Derek Tran DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Lauren Underwood DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Juan Vargas DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Gabe Vasquez DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Nydia M. Velázquez DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Marc A. Veasey DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Eugene Simon Vindman DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Maxine Waters DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Bonnie Watson Coleman DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Nikema Williams DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Frederica S. Wilson DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Steve Cohen DDemocratOriginal cosponsor | |
| Emily Randall DDemocrat | |
| Michael Lawler RRepublican | |
| Nellie Pou DDemocrat | |
| Alma S. Adams DDemocrat | |
| George Whitesides DDemocrat | |
| Shomari Figures DDemocrat | |
| Adelita S. Grijalva DDemocrat | |
| James R. Walkinshaw DDemocrat | |
| Christian D. Menefee DDemocrat | |
| Analilia Mejia DDemocrat |
Text
| Version | Date | Our copy |
|---|---|---|
| Introduced in House | Read our copyThe official file |
Actions
- Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Introduced in House
- Introduced in House
Committees
- Judiciary Committee (House)Referred To, June 10, 2025
Hearings
We hold hearing records only for bills that became law.
Who lobbied on this bill
Confirmed from the official record1 lobbying report name H.R. 18, for 1 client.
| Client | Registrant | Amount for the whole quarter | Lobbyists named for this issue | Filed | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE | BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCESecond quarter of 2026 | $40,000reported as expenses |
| Open the report |
A lobbying report states the registrant's income from the client (a lobbying firm) or its own lobbying expenses (an organization lobbying for itself), for the whole quarter and every issue together, rounded to the nearest $10,000. A report under $5,000 states no figure. It is not the amount spent on one bill.
Reports read: 0 of 1 quarters read in full (2026-Q2). With no registered key the service allows 15 requests a minute, so this covers the latest quarter only. With a key it covers four.
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All saved lobbying reports that name H.R. 18
Contributions from these lobbyists and firms to the sponsor and cosponsors
No contribution report we hold ties a lobbyist or firm on these reports to the sponsor or a cosponsor.
Contribution reports are read for 10 of the 215 sponsors and cosponsors so far.
Lobbyists and registrants report their political contributions twice a year (form LD-203). A contribution is listed here when the report was filed by a lobbyist named on this bill's lobbying reports or by a registrant that filed one of them, and its payee is the member's own committee as the FEC lists it, under the exact-name rule. The contribution's date is as reported and can fall before or after the lobbying.