2025-2026 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
SB478: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025
Legislative Summary
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system.
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Bill History
2/6/2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Senate
3/11/2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Senate
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/6/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Veterans' Affairs(Senate)
Sponsors
Republican: 26
Primary Sponsor
John Kennedy
Republican
Co-Sponsors (25)
Jerry Moran
Republican
Chuck Grassley
Republican
Steve Daines
Republican
Marsha Blackburn
Republican
Pete Ricketts
Republican
Mike Rounds
Republican
Kevin Cramer
Republican
Jim Banks
Republican
Thom Tillis
Republican
Bill Cassidy
Republican
John Boozman
Republican
Rick Scott
Republican
Tommy Tuberville
Republican
Lisa Murkowski
Republican
Tim Sheehy
Republican
Rand Paul
Republican
James Justice
Republican
Ted Budd
Republican
James Lankford
Republican
James Risch
Republican
Mike Crapo
Republican
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Republican
Shelley Capito
Republican
John Cornyn
Republican
Jon Husted
Republican