# 115-hr-5163: Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act

115-hr-5163, Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-5163
- Congress: 115
- Title: Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Introduced: 2018-03-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 25
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to expand the categories of prohibited persons (i.e., persons who are prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm or ammunition) to include the following: (1) persons convicted of a crime of violence in the most recent 10-year period; (2) persons under age 25 who have been adjudicated as having committed an offense that would have been a crime of violence if committed by an adult; (3) persons convicted, during a consecutive 3-year period in the most recent 10-year period, of two separate offenses involving drug or alcohol possession or distribution; and (4) persons convicted of stalking.

## Cosponsors (25)

- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] (D-KY), 2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] (D-MA), 2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] (D-PA), 2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- LUIS GUTIERREZ (D-IL), 2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- ELIJAH CUMMINGS (D-MD), 2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large] (D-VI), 2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2018-03-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2018-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2018-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2018-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2018-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2018-06-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2018-08-14T00:00:00.000Z

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- 115-hr-6545: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6135: Keep Families Together Act
- 115-hr-4240: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2017
- 115-hr-3440: Dream Act of 2017
- 115-hr-1235: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
- 115-hr-502: Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization and Fairness Act

## Sources
- [115-hr-5163 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5163)

## Related
- [115-hr-6545: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6545)
- [115-hr-6135: Keep Families Together Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6135)
- [115-hr-4240: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4240)
- [115-hr-3440: Dream Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3440)
- [115-hr-1235: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1235)
- [115-hr-502: Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization and Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-502)
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