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Local Gun Violence Reduction Act
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and maintain a local gun violence prevention laws database, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to establish and maintain a database within one year for state and local governments to submit information about gun violence prevention laws and ordinances they have enacted. The database will collect data on the effectiveness of these laws in reducing gun violence, including information on the size of the jurisdiction, enactment dates, and gun violence rates before and after implementation. The database will be searchable by any state or local government, and the Secretary must conduct outreach to encourage participation. The bill requires biennial reports to Congress beginning two years after enactment, summarizing the number of submissions, common topics, successful laws, and geographic participation gaps, with authorization for $1.5 million in fiscal 2026 and $1 million annually thereafter.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Mark Desaulnier’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS $6,600
- SIGNATURE HOMES $6,600
- MACKENZIE CAPITAL $6,600
- ACTIVEHOURS INC. $6,000
- NULL $5,000
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Actions (2)
- Aug 5, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Aug 5, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 5, 2025
Mr. DeSaulnier introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and maintain a local gun violence prevention laws database, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Local Gun Violence Reduction Act”.
SEC. 2. LOCAL GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION LAWS DATABASE.
(a) In General.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (in this Act referred to as the “Secretary”), shall establish and maintain a database in which units of State and local government (including cities, towns, counties, and special district governments) enter into such database information on—
(1) the laws and ordinances such units of government have enacted to reduce gun violence; and
(2) how successful such laws and ordinances have been in reducing gun violence in the relevant jurisdictions.
(b) Information.—The information included by a State or local government in the database established under subsection (a) with respect to a law or ordinance referred to in such subsection shall include the following information:
(1) Information about the size of the unit of government involved.
(2) The date on which the law or ordinance was enacted.
(3) The date on which the law or ordinance took effect.
(4) Data on the rates of gun violence and gun deaths in the unit of government both before and after the law or ordinance took effect.
(c) Access.—The database established under subsection (a) shall be searchable by any State or local unit of government.
(d) Outreach.—The Secretary shall conduct outreach to State and local governments to increase awareness of the database under subsection (a) and to encourage such governments to use such database.
(e) Report to Congress.—Beginning 2 years after the date of the enactment of this section, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report specifying, with respect to the database established under subsection (a)—
(1) how many submissions to such database have been received;
(2) what common topics are identified in such submissions;
(3) which laws or ordinances the reports contained in such submissions indicate have been successful; and
(4) any geographic areas within the United States that have high or low participation in the database.
(f) Authorization of Appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—
(1) $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2026; and
(2) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter. <all>
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