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H.R. 748: Ethan's Law

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H.R. 748: Ethan's Law

117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-03 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-03 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Ethan's Law

Plain summary

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.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Ethan's Law

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] · 211 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

John B. Larson (D-CT), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Joe Courtney (D-CT), James A. Himes (D-CT), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Grace Meng (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), John Garamendi (D-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Sean Casten (D-IL) and 151 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] reported raising $1.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Statute
A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr748 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117