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Committee consideration by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. The Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 (AWB 2013) was a bill introduced in the 113th United States Congress as S. 150 by Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-CA, on January 24, 2013, one month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. It was defeated in the Senate on April 17 ...
[55] [56] [57] On January 24, 2013, Senator Feinstein introduced S. 150, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 (AWB 2013). [58] The bill was similar to the 1994 ban, but differed in that it would not expire after 10 years, [57] and it used a one-feature test for a firearm to qualify as an assault weapon rather than the two-feature test of the defunct ...
The bill was passed by the House on June 24 by a vote of 234–193, with 14 Republicans voting in favor alongside all 220 Democrats. [12] The bill was signed into law by President Joe Biden on June 25, 2022. [13] It was the first major federal gun legislation to be passed since the Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994. [12]
The effort comes as Feinstein, whose groundbreaking 1994 assault weapons ban expired after 10 years, was never again able to see her legislation revived, as the nation's gun violence only worsened ...
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who made history as a champion for gun control and was California’s longest-serving U.S. senator, died at her home in Washington, her office announced Friday.
The assassination forever altered the course of Feinstein's political career and shaped her views on gun control — a defining legacy for the U.S. senator, who died Friday at age 90.
[19] Sen. John Barrasso, the third-ranking Senate Republican, said he had "a lot of concerns" about red flag laws. [20] On June 9, 2022, the House passed (Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order),a bill to nationalize red flag laws, which seek to keep guns away from individuals deemed a threat to themselves and others. [21]
Feinstein introduced a bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, the Respect for Marriage Act, in the 112th Congress. [98] The bill was passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 10, 2011. [99] She introduced a private bill to keep together a bi-national same-sex couple. [100]