Preventing Pretrial Gun Purchases Act
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2025-06-26
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Preventing Pretrial Gun Purchases Act” Read the full text
Crime and Law Enforcement
What it does
The bill adds a new prohibited-buyer category to federal gun law: a person subject to a pretrial release court order that bars them from purchasing, possessing, or receiving firearms while their criminal case is pending. Licensed dealers must deny a sale to such a person, and the national background check system is updated to flag this category. The bill also authorizes up to $25 million a year through 2030 in Attorney General grants to states and tribes that report these pretrial orders to the background check system.
Written by AI from the complete official bill text and independently fact-checked against it. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · 2025-06-26
In the House.
Committee, then floor votes in both chambers · next
Official documents
The on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-12. The same version at GovInfo.
The numbers
2%
of bills introduced became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=16,213)
13
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERSvia AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS
7 filingsBRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCEvia BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
6 filingsNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE STORESvia NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE STORES
6 filingsNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTSvia NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
5 filingsGUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INCvia GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.
3 filingsTRANSAMERICA COMPANIESvia TRANSAMERICA COMPANIES
3 filingsGIFFORDSvia GIFFORDS
1 filingTHE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYvia THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
1 filingFrom 32 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (2025-06-26).