Get gun safety legislation signed into law.

Lauren Underwood · Illinois · Democratic

policy impact 0.79 specificity 0.72 extraction confidence 97%

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Occurrences

As a member of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, she is committed to getting gun safety legislation signed into law.

Underwood commits to enacting gun safety legislation.

Gun Violence - Underwood for Congress
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Evidence

Recent votes listed on Underwood’s official House site include 04/22/2026 roll call 136 on H.R.6387, the FIRE Act, with Underwood voting Nay on passage. The page shows recent legislative activity but no enacted gun-safety law in the lookback window.

Underwood was active on a vote involving a bill titled FIRE Act on April 22, 2026, but this was not enactment of gun-safety legislation.

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Votes and Legislation | Representative Lauren Underwood
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Congress.gov shows H.R.1307, the Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2025, with Lauren Underwood as a cosponsor on 02/13/2025 and the latest action as referral to the House Judiciary Committee. The bill remains in introduced status, not law.

Underwood supported gun-violence-prevention legislation, but the bill stayed at committee referral and did not become law.

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All Information (Except Text) for H.R.1307 - Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2025 | Congress.gov
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GovInfo shows S.4454, the Firearm Safety Act of 2026, introduced in the Senate on 04/30/2026 and referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The measure is only introduced and has not been signed into law.

A gun-safety bill was introduced in the lookback window, but it had not advanced beyond referral.

unresolved same_term A for effort

S. 4454 (IS) - Firearm Safety Act of 2026 - BILLS-119s4454is | Related Documents | GovInfo
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The campaign issue page says Underwood is "committed to getting gun safety legislation signed into law" and cites her support for House-passed background-check bills.

Primary campaign material establishes the promise and some related advocacy, but does not itself prove enactment.

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Gun Violence - Underwood for Congress
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Congress.gov records S.2938 as becoming Public Law 117-159 on 06/25/2022 and being signed by the President; its summary describes federal firearms-law changes and gun-violence programs.

The promised federal outcome occurred: a gun-safety/gun-violence law was enacted while Underwood was serving in the House.

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All Information (Except Text) for S.2938 - Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
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House Clerk roll call 299 shows the concurrence vote passed 234-193 on June 24, 2022; the vote list records "Underwood Democratic Illinois IL Yea."

Underwood voted yes on the House action that advanced S.2938/Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to enactment.

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Roll Call 299 | Bill Number: S. 2938
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The statute is Public Law 117-159, titled the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, with firearms provisions on juvenile records, firearm trafficking, crisis intervention programs, and domestic-violence restrictions.

The public-law text confirms the enacted measure was substantively gun-safety legislation, not merely an unrelated legislative vehicle.

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Text for S.2938 - Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
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DOJ describes BSCA as a landmark law focused on reducing gun violence and lists implementation of enhanced under-21 checks, trafficking/straw-purchase offenses, and dating-partner domestic-violence firearm prohibitions.

Post-enactment executive implementation confirms the law functions as gun-safety and gun-violence-prevention legislation.

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Fact Sheet: Two Years of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
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Assessments

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The promised federal outcome occurred while Lauren Underwood was serving in Congress: the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act became Public Law 117-159 on June 25, 2022 and included substantive gun-safety and gun-violence-prevention provisions. Underwood voted Yea on the House concurrence vote that sent S.2938 toward enactment, giving her direct same-term legislative participation in the enacted outcome.

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The promised federal outcome occurred: the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a major gun-safety law, passed Congress and was signed into law on June 25, 2022 while Lauren Underwood was serving in the House. The official House roll call for S.2938 shows Underwood voted Yea on final House concurrence on June 24, 2022, materially advancing enactment. Later evidence from 2025-2026 shows additional gun-safety bills she supported remained pending, but that does not negate the earlier enacted federal gun-safety legislation.

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