US Congress House Bill 698 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 209-0)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-06-05 - ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mrs. McBath asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 698, a bill originally introduced by Representative Cicilline, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.

Assault Weapons Ban of 2023

Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]
Rep. Jake Auchincloss [D-MA]	Rep. Becca Balint [D-VT]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Sen. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Jamaal Bowman [D-NY]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Shontel Brown [D-OH]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Troy Carter [D-LA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Greg Casar [D-TX]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]
Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick [D-FL]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Jasmine Crockett [D-TX]
Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]	Rep. Sharice Davids [D-KS]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Christopher Deluzio [D-PA]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Valerie Foushee [D-NC]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Maxwell Frost [D-FL]
Sen. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]	Rep. Robert Garcia [D-CA]
Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. Daniel Goldman [D-NY]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Glenn Ivey [D-MD]	Rep. Jonathan Jackson [D-IL]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Summer Lee [D-PA]	Rep. Jeff Jackson [D-NC]	Rep. Sara Jacobs [D-CA]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove [D-CA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Sen. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Greg Landsman [D-OH]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Suzanne Lee [D-NV]	Rep. Teresa Fernandez [D-NM]	Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Seth Magaziner [D-RI]	Rep. Kathy Manning [D-NC]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Morgan McGarvey [D-KY]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Kweisi Mfume [D-MD]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. Jared Moskowitz [D-FL]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Frank Mrvan [D-IN]	Rep. Kevin Mullin [D-CA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Wiley Nickel [D-NC]
Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D-CA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Brittany Pettersen [D-CO]
Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Delia Ramirez [D-IL]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Deborah Ross [D-NC]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Pat Ryan [D-NY]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Andrea Salinas [D-OR]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]	Sen. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]	Rep. Melanie Stansbury [D-NM]
Rep. Greg Stanton [D-AZ]	Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]	Rep. Marilyn Strickland [D-WA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Emilia Sykes [D-OH]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Shri Thanedar [D-MI]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Jill Tokuda [D-HI]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Ritchie Torres [D-NY]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]
Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Gabe Vasquez [D-NM]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]
Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Nikema Williams [D-GA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Hillary Scholten [D-MI]	Rep. Val Hoyle [D-OR]	Rep. Eric Sorensen [D-IL]	Rep. Nikki Budzinski [D-IL]
Rep. Jennifer McClellan [D-VA]	Rep. Yadira Caraveo [D-CO]	Rep. Gabe Amo [D-RI]	Rep. Timothy Kennedy [D-NY]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-06-05	House	ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mrs. McBath asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 698, a bill originally introduced by Representative Cicilline, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
2023-02-01	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2023-02-01	House	Introduced in House

HB625 (Related) 2023-01-30 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
SB14 (Related) 2023-01-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB25 (Related) 2023-01-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S55)
SB298 (Related) 2023-02-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HB6596 (Related) 2023-12-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB3407 (Related) 2023-12-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/698/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr698/BILLS-118hr698ih.pdf