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The bill was passed by the Senate on June 23 by a vote of 65–33, with 15 Republicans voting in favor alongside all 50 Democrats. The bill was passed by the House on June 24 by a vote of 234–193, with 14 Republicans voting in favor alongside all 220 Democrats. [13] The bill was signed into law by President Joe Biden on June 25, 2022. [14]
On January 24, 2013, Dianne Feinstein and 24 Democratic cosponsors introduced S. 150, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013, into the U.S. Senate. [19] [20] The bill was similar to the 1994 federal ban, but differed in that it used a one-feature test for a firearm to qualify as an assault weapon rather than the two-feature test of the 1994 ban. [21]
In February 2020, a proposed assault weapons ban failed in the Virginia Senate. [16] In April 2020, several new gun laws were enacted, including a requirement of background checks for private sales, a red flag law enabling Extreme Risk Protection Orders, a requirement to report lost or stolen guns, and the reinstating of a one-handgun-a-month law.
The measure is called the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and is expected to pass the Senate. Skip to main content. Subscriptions; Animals. Business. Entertainment. Fitness. Food. Games. Health ...
The Senate easily approved a bipartisan gun violence bill Thursday that seemed unthinkable a month ago, setting up final approval of what will be Congress' most far-reaching response in decades to ...
A bipartisan gun reform bill has cleared a major hurdle in the Senate. It puts Congress one step closer to enacting new firearm legislation for the first time in nearly 30 years. Sean Sullivan ...
The assault weapons ban tried to address public concern about mass shootings while limiting the impact on recreational firearms use. [15]: 1–2 In November 1993, the ban passed the United States Senate. The author of the ban, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and other advocates said that it was a weakened version of the original proposal. [16]
In a late-night vote, the U.S. Senate approved a gun reform bill.