model confidence 90%
Lowers the minimum age for purchasing a firearm from 21 to 18 (and repeals the exception for certain officers and servicemembers), so more people can legally buy firearms.
A person younger than 18 21 years of age may not purchase a firearm.
✓ Quote verified word for word in the bill text
Status: Failed
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill lowers the general minimum purchase age for firearms from 21 to 18, expanding access for 18-20 year olds, but repeals the existing exception for certain officers and servicemembers, restricting their access below age 21; both changes are substantive amendments to the same subsection on firearm sales.
| Date | Chamber | Motion | Yea-Nay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-18 | H | House Criminal Justice Subcommittee | 11-5 | Passed |
| 2025-12-02 | H | House Judiciary Committee | 13-7 | Passed |
| 2026-01-15 | H | House: Third Reading RCS#451 | 74-37 | Passed |
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | S | Died in Rules |
| 2026-01-22 | S | Received |
| 2026-01-16 | S | Referred to Rules |
| 2026-01-15 | S | In Messages |
| 2026-01-15 | H | Passed; YEAS 74, NAYS 37 |
| 2026-01-15 | H | Read 3rd time |
| 2026-01-15 | H | Added to Third Reading Calendar |
| 2026-01-15 | H | Amendment 054103 Failed |
| 2026-01-15 | H | Amendment 576851 ruled out of order |
| 2026-01-15 | H | Amendment 666985 Failed |
| 2026-01-15 | H | Amendment 293615 Failed |
| 2026-01-15 | H | Amendment 299653 Failed |
| 2026-01-15 | H | Read 2nd time |
| 2026-01-13 | H | 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) |
| 2026-01-12 | H | Bill added to Special Order Calendar (1/15/2026) |
| 2025-12-02 | H | Bill released to House Calendar |
| 2025-12-02 | H | Reported out of Judiciary Committee |
| 2025-12-02 | H | Favorable by Judiciary Committee |
| 2025-11-24 | H | Added to Judiciary Committee agenda |
| 2025-11-18 | H | Now in Judiciary Committee |
| 2025-11-18 | H | Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| 2025-11-18 | H | Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| 2025-11-10 | H | Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda |
| 2025-10-14 | H | Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| 2025-10-14 | H | Referred to Judiciary Committee |
| 2025-10-14 | H | Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| 2025-10-08 | H | Filed |