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Federal · 119th Congress
S65Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025
Direction
FirearmscarryAI label
↑Expands gun accessmodel confidence 95%
Requires states to recognize out-of-state concealed-carry licenses or permitless carry from the person's home state when traveling to other states that allow concealed carry, so greater ability to carry concealed firearms across state lines.
an individual who is not prohibited by Federal law from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm, and who is carrying a government-issued photographic identification document and a valid license or permit which is issued pursuant to the law of a State and which permits the individual to carry a concealed firearm, may possess or carry a concealed handgun (other than a machinegun or destructive device) that has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce in any State other than the State of residence of the individual
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Firearmspreemption sanctuaryAI label
↑Expands gun accessmodel confidence 80%
Overrides contrary state and local laws on concealed carry for qualifying non-residents, while explicitly not preempting state licensing rules, so expands carry rights in restrictive states without fully preempting their licensing systems.
Notwithstanding any provision of the law of any State or political subdivision thereof to the contrary--
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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
Last action
2025-01-09: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a federal reciprocity framework for concealed carry of handguns by non-residents who are not federally prohibited from possessing firearms and who either hold a valid state-issued concealed-carry license/permit or are from a permitless-carry state. It applies in any state that issues its own concealed-carry licenses or does not prohibit concealed carry, overriding contrary state or local restrictions on eligibility to carry (but subjecting carriers to the same other conditions and limitations that apply to licensed residents, and allowing unrestricted terms where the state has
HR8855To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish nationwide concealed carry reciprocity for certain members of the Armed Forces, and for ↑Expands gun access Committee
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