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119-s-4454119th CongressWALLET

Firearm Safety Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Senator Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]

Introduced

Summary

Reclassifies firearms as consumer products under the Consumer Product Safety Act. This bill would remove the statute's exclusion for pistols, revolvers, and other firearms so the Consumer Product Safety Commission could issue safety standards and apply the Act's enforcement provisions to firearms.

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  • Families and households would see firearms brought under federal safety standards and enforcement, affecting the rules that apply to pistols, revolvers, and other firearms.
  • Manufacturers and sellers would become subject to Consumer Product Safety Commission standards and the Act's enforcement tools, changing the regulatory requirements they must follow.
  • The Consumer Product Safety Commission would gain explicit statutory authority to regulate firearms by removing the exclusion in Section 3(a)(5) of the Consumer Product Safety Act.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

New consumer safety rules for guns

This bill would treat pistols, revolvers, and other firearms as consumer products under the Consumer Product Safety Act. It would let the Consumer Product Safety Commission set safety standards, require defect reports, and order recalls for guns. Makers, importers, distributors, and retailers would need to follow new CPSC rules and reporting. The change would take effect upon enactment, and those costs would likely be passed to buyers while gun owners would receive notices to fix or return unsafe firearms.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]

NJ • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 4/30/2026

  • Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]

    VT • D

    Sponsored 4/30/2026

  • Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 4/30/2026

  • Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]

    RI • D

    Sponsored 4/30/2026

  • Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 4/30/2026

  • Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 4/30/2026

  • Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 6/2/2026

  • Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 6/9/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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