S 3214 · in committee · significant
Background Check Expansion Act
- criminal justice
What this bill does
- This bill requires background checks for firearm transfers between private individuals through licensed dealers.
- Private gun owners and licensed firearms dealers are affected by the new transfer requirements.
- The law exempts certain transfers like gifts between spouses and relies on existing dealer infrastructure.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would requiring private gun transfers through licensed dealers affect rural areas with few nearby firearms dealers?
- 02
What evidence exists that background checks on private transfers would reduce gun violence compared to current laws?
- 03
Should certain transfers like gifts between family members remain exempt, and what defines the boundaries of those exemptions?
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Sponsor · D-CT
Christopher Murphy
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
46/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-11-19
Joining the bill

Tammy Baldwin
D-WI · original

Michael F. Bennet
D-CO · original

Richard Blumenthal
D-CT · original

Cory A. Booker
D-NJ · original

Lisa Blunt Rochester
D-DE · original

Maria Cantwell
D-WA · original

Christopher A. Coons
D-DE · original

Catherine Cortez Masto
D-NV · original

Richard J. Durbin
D-IL · original

Tammy Duckworth
D-IL · original

John Fetterman
D-PA · original

Angela D. Alsobrooks
D-MD · original
+ 34 more
Legislative timeline
2025-11-19 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-11-19 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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