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HR8548Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
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HR7591119th CongressWALLET
Secure Firearm Storage and Suicide Prevention Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
Introduced
Summary
Secure firearm storage and suicide prevention is the bill's focus. It would create federal best practices and require covered school districts to share and adapt annual guidance for students, families, and staff.
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- Students and families would receive annual materials on safe firearm storage, what to do if they encounter an unsecured gun, and local mental-health resources.
- Covered local educational agencies would have to develop and regularly update local guidance that incorporates the federal best practices and distribute it each year by email and physical handout or mail, beginning within 90 days after the start of the 2027-2028 school year.
- The Education Department would be required to write nationwide best practices within 1 year and update them on a multi-year schedule after consulting public health agencies, law enforcement units, and independent firearm-safety organizations including CDC, HHS, ATF, FBI, SAMHSA, and DHS.
- All materials must remain neutral about firearm possession while listing options for obtaining secure storage devices and summarizing relevant federal and state laws.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Federal gun storage guidance
This bill would require the Secretary of Education to create and publish federal best practices on secure firearm storage and preventing firearm-related youth suicide or accidental injury within 1 year of enactment. The Secretary would consult health agencies, law enforcement, educators, independent firearm-safety experts, and nonprofit safety groups. The guidance would explain how to use safes, lock boxes, and locks; how to teach students what to do if they find an unsecured gun; how community members can get storage devices (including free programs); and a summary of relevant Federal and State laws. The Secretary would send the guidance to covered local educational agencies within a year and annually after, and would update it no later than 4 years after enactment and every 3 years thereafter. The guidance would not encourage or discourage firearm ownership.
Local school safety guidance
This bill would require covered local educational agencies to make local guidance on secure firearm storage and preventing firearm-related youth suicide or accidental injury within 1 year after they receive the federal best practices. LEAs would have to work with health groups, police and firefighters, mental health professionals, educators, and other local partners. Local guidance would adapt the federal best practices, list school and community mental health resources, and give information about free or local programs to get storage devices. LEAs would have to give the guidance to students, parents, and school staff by email and on paper starting 90 days after the 2027–2028 school year begins and annually thereafter.
Definitions for new school rules
This bill would add definitions for the new subpart. A "covered local educational agency" would mean an LEA or consortium that gets an allocation under section 4105(a). A "secure storage device" would mean something that stops unauthorized access or makes a gun inoperable, such as a safe, lock box, trigger lock, or cable lock. "School staff" would include school leaders, support personnel, teachers, and other staff. These definitions would take effect when the new subpart takes effect.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Auchincloss, Jake [D-MA-4]
MA • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
GA • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23]
FL • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]
MO • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]
LA • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]
NC • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]
CO • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
PA • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17]
PA • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
FL • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]
NC • D
Sponsored 2/25/2026
Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14]
CA • D
Sponsored 3/9/2026
Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
CA • D
Sponsored 3/16/2026
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