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Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act

To prohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases, and for other purposes.

Introduced Feb 25, 2026

Latest action (Feb 25, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Issues
Gun Policy

Summary

This bill prohibits Federal agencies from funding or supporting the establishment or maintenance of State firearm ownership databases, which are databases that list lawfully owned firearms or the individuals who own them. The prohibition does not apply to databases that list only firearms reported as lost or stolen or individuals who reported their firearms as lost or stolen. The bill applies to all States and U.S. territories.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
96 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Paul A. Gosar’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • SELF - EMPLOYED $23,635
  • NULL $14,169
  • M3 COMP $11,600
  • SAULSBURY INDUSTRIES $9,900
  • SAFTI $8,300

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Paul A. Gosar → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Feb 25, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  2. Feb 25, 2026 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 3916 — Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act · Introduced Feb 25, 2026 · Cong. 119 91%
  • HR 8608 — Federal Law Enforcement and Public Protection Act · Introduced Apr 30, 2026 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 9548 — Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2026 · Introduced Jun 30, 2026 · Cong. 119 70%
  • HR 563 — No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act · Introduced Jan 20, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%
  • HR 9122 — Defective Firearms Protection Act · Introduced Jun 3, 2026 · Cong. 119 69%
  • S 468 — SECURE Firearm Storage Act · Introduced Feb 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 25, 2026

Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Babin, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Burlison, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Cline, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Collins, Mr. Crane, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Davidson, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Downing, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Fine, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Grothman, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Harrigan, Mr. Harris of Maryland, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Jack, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Langworthy, Ms. Letlow, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Massie, Mr. McGuire, Mr. Messmer, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Mills, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Moran, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Norman, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Perry, Mr. Roy, Mr. Rulli, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shreve, Mr. Stauber, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Steube, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Taylor, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Van Drew, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Van Epps, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Rose, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Amodei of Nevada, and Mr. Edwards) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To prohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases, 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 “Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act”.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDING OF STATE FIREARM OWNERSHIP DATABASES.

(a) Definitions.—In this section:

(1) State.—The term “State” means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.

(2) State firearm ownership database.—The term “State firearm ownership database” means a comprehensive or partial database of a State or political subdivision of a State that lists—

(A) firearms lawfully owned or possessed by individuals; or

(B) individuals who lawfully own or possess firearms.

(b) Prohibition.—A Federal agency may not fund or otherwise support the establishment or maintenance of a State firearm ownership database.

(c) Exception.—Subsection (b) shall not apply to a database of a State or political subdivision of a State that lists—

(1) firearms that have been reported as lost or stolen; or

(2) individuals who have reported their firearms as lost or stolen. <all>

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