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HR 6258 · in committee · significant

Disarm Hate Act

What this bill does

  • This bill prevents people convicted of hate crimes from buying or possessing firearms.
  • It applies to anyone convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime or given an enhanced hate crime sentence.
  • The restrictions take effect upon conviction and use existing federal firearms prohibition enforcement mechanisms.

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  1. 01

    How would courts determine whether a crime qualifies as hate-motivated, and what evidence or standards would apply across different states?

  2. 02

    What existing federal firearms prohibitions does this bill build upon, and how would enforcement differ from current mechanisms?

  3. 03

    Should misdemeanor hate crime convictions carry the same firearm restrictions as felony convictions, or should penalties vary by offense severity?

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Veronica Escobar

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Introduced 2025-11-21

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-11-21 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

  2. 2025-11-21 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-11-21 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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