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H.R. 2189: To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes. · Congress Swing Tracker

H.R. 2189119th CongressCrime and Law Enforcement

To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes.

Sponsored by Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) · 95 active : 72 Republicans, 23 Democrats

Latest action: Received in the Senate.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedFeb 12, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

9 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act

This bill removes less-than-lethal projectile devices (e.g., certain TASERs) from regulation under the Gun Control Act.

The term

less-than-lethal projectile device

means a device that (1) is not designed or intended to expel (and may not be readily converted to discharge) commonly used ammunition or projectiles exceeding a velocity of 500 feet per second; (2) is designed and intended to be used in a manner not likely to cause death or serious bodily injury; and (3) does not accept (and cannot be readily modified to accept) an ammunition feeding device.

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The bill also requires the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to determine whether a device satisfies the definition of a

less-than-lethal projectile device

within 90 days of a request.

How the projections held up

Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.

House

On PassagePassed233 yea, 185 nayFebruary 12, 2026 · Roll call 70

How members in each band voted on this House vote, by their projection before the vote
BandBand before the vote	VotedVoted yea or nay	BrokeBroke with party	Share
Swing	32	4	13%
Middle	173	3	2%
Entrenched	211	16	8%
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Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on the Judiciary · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to

Subjects

Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

28Swing 70–100
169Middle 30–70
234Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

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, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 31.5 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 2189 · Feb 12, 2026 · Roll call 430On PassageLaw-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act
PassedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 5625 · May 14, 2026 · Roll call 531On PassageCashless Bail Reporting Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 6260 · May 14, 2026 · Roll call 529On PassageKeeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 2255 · May 15, 2025 · Roll call 129On PassageFederal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 8205 · Sep 25, 2024 · Roll call 1172On PassageKeeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.J.Res. 44 · Jun 13, 2023 · Roll call 251On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to “Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached ’Stabilizing Braces’”
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 3091 · May 17, 2023 · Roll call 221On PassageFederal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 3091 · May 17, 2023 · Roll call 220On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toShared subjects×1.0

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H.R. 3091 · May 17, 2023 · Roll call 219On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 3091 · May 17, 2023 · Roll call 218On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 3091 · May 17, 2023 · Roll call 217On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 9576 · Sep 16, 2026 · Roll call 669On PassageNational Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

95 active

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J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46)
Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30)
Pete Stauber (R-MN-8)
Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33)
Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22)
Ben Cline (R-VA-6)
Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1)
Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5)
John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5)
Lauren Boebert (R-CO-4)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3)
Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38)
Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL)
Michael Guest (R-MS-3)
Barry Moore (R-AL-1)
Nick LaLota (R-NY-1)
David Schweikert (R-AZ-1)
Glenn Grothman

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.