Bills · 119th Congress · S. 478

Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025

IntroducedConfirmed from the official record

Sponsored by John Kennedy RRepublican, introduced . Policy area, as Congress files it: Armed Forces and National Security.

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

40 cosponsors.

Cosponsors
MemberJoined
Jerry Moran RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Chuck Grassley RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Steve Daines RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Marsha Blackburn RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Pete Ricketts RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Mike Rounds RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Kevin Cramer RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Jim Banks RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Thom Tillis RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Bill Cassidy RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
John Boozman RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Rick Scott RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Tommy Tuberville RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Lisa Murkowski RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Tim Sheehy RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Rand Paul RRepublican
James C. Justice RRepublican
Ted Budd RRepublican
James Lankford RRepublican
James E. Risch RRepublican
Mike Crapo RRepublican
Cindy Hyde-Smith RRepublican
Shelley Moore Capito RRepublican
John Cornyn RRepublican
Jon Husted RRepublican
Mike Lee RRepublican
Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] RRepublican
Roger Marshall RRepublican
David McCormick RRepublican
Sen. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK] RRepublican
Tom Cotton RRepublican
Dan Sullivan RRepublican
Katie Boyd Britt RRepublican
Bernie Moreno RRepublican
Roger F. Wicker RRepublican
Cynthia M. Lummis RRepublican
Darline Graham RRepublican
John Hoeven RRepublican
Deb Fischer RRepublican
Todd Young RRepublican

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Actions

  1. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-35.
  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  3. Introduced in Senate

Committees

  • Veterans' Affairs Committee (Senate)Hearings By (full committee), March 11, 2025; Hearings By (full committee), March 11, 2025; Referred To, February 6, 2025

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