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119-s-3256119th Congress

Disarm Hate Act

Sponsored By: Senator Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

Introduced

Summary

Would bar people convicted of misdemeanor hate crimes from obtaining firearms. The Disarm Hate Act would add misdemeanor hate-crime convictions and enhanced misdemeanor hate-crime sentences to the federal list of firearm disqualifications.

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  • People convicted of misdemeanor hate crimes would be disqualified if the offense was a misdemeanor under Federal, State, or Tribal law, involved physical force, the threatened use of a deadly weapon, or another credible threat, and was motivated by bias against race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.
  • Gun sellers and firearm transfers would be affected because the bill amends 18 U.S.C. 922(d) and 922(g) to bar sale, shipment, possession, or transport by those individuals.
  • Certain convictions or enhanced misdemeanor sentences would be excluded when the record shows the person lacked counsel or did not knowingly waive jury or counsel rights, or when the conviction has been expunged, set aside, pardoned, or civil rights were restored and the relief does not expressly bar firearms.

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New gun ban for misdemeanor hate crimes

This bill would add two new legal definitions for misdemeanor hate crimes and enhanced hate-crime misdemeanor sentences. If enacted, people meeting those definitions would be barred from buying, receiving, shipping, transporting, or possessing firearms. The definitions would cover misdemeanors under Federal, State, or Tribal law that include hate or bias as an element. The crime must involve physical force, a deadly-weapon threat, or another credible threat. Convictions or enhanced sentences would not count unless the person had counsel or validly waived counsel, and jury-trial rules must be met. Convictions or sentences that are expunged, set aside, pardoned, or where civil rights are restored would not count unless the expungement, pardon, or restoration expressly says the person may not have firearms. These changes would take effect upon enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

NM • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 4/22/2026

Roll Call Votes

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