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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 1564

Ethan's Law

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Introduced 2025-02-25Topic: criminal justice

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Ethan'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.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-02-25HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.refer
2025-02-25Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-02-25Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-10-06. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.