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S. 726119th CongressCrime and Law Enforcement
Ethan's Law
Sponsored by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) · 40 active : 38 Democrats, 2 Independents
Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Where it standsBefore the Senate5 senators score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- Senate: next
- House: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
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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.
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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.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Child safety and welfare
- Civil actions and liability
- Firearms and explosives
- Law enforcement administration and funding
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 5Swing 70–100
- 42Middle 30–70
- 53Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, 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, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
40 activeShow all 40 cosponsors
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Angus S. King Jr. (I-ME)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Maria Cantwell
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.
