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H.R. 18119th CongressCrime and Law Enforcement
Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) · 214 active : 2 Republicans, 212 Democrats
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Where it standsBefore the House25 representatives score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- House: next
- Senate: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govBipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025
This bill establishes new background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties (i.e., unlicensed individuals).
Specifically, it prohibits a firearm transfer between private parties unless a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, or importer first takes possession of the firearm to conduct a background check.
The prohibition does not apply to certain firearm transfers or exchanges, such as a gift between spouses.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on the Judiciary · HouseReferred to
Subjects
No legislative subjects recorded yet. Similar-vote matching falls back to the policy area.
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
214 activeShow all 214 cosponsors
- Adam Smith (D-WA-9)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13)
- Al Green (D-TX-9)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14)
- Ami Bera (D-CA-6)
- Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6)
- André Carson (D-IN-7)
- Angie Craig (D-MN-2)
- April McClain Delaney (D-MD-6)
- Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7)
- Becca Balint (D-VT-AL)
- Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2)
- Betty McCollum (D-MN-4)
- Bill Foster (D-IL-11)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12)
- Brad Sherman (D-CA-32)
- Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10)
- Brendan F. Boyle
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
