To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes.
Passed first chamber: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Passed first chamber
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 96
- Latest action
- Feb 24, 2026
What it does
Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act This bill removes less-than-lethal projectile devices (e.g., certain TASERs) from regulation under the Gun Control Act. The term less-than-lethal projectile device means a device that (1) is not designed or intended to expel (and may not be readily converted to discharge) commonly used ammunition or projectiles exceeding a velocity of 500 feet per second; (2) is designed and intended to be used in a manner not likely to cause death or serious bodily injury; and (3) does not accept (and cannot be readily modified to accept) an ammunition feeding device. The bill also requires the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to determine…
Official summary · Reported to House · Jan 30, 2026
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Where it stands
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Committee (Done)
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Scott Fitzgerald
- Abraham Hamadeh
- Adam Gray
- Addison McDowell
- Andy Biggs
- Ashley Hinson
- Barry Moore
- Ben Cline
- Bennie Thompson
- Beth Van Duyne
- Brad Finstad
- Brad Knott
- Brandon Gill
- Brendan Boyle
- Carol Miller
- Celeste Maloy
- Charles (Chuck) Edwards
- Charles Fleischmann
- Claudia Tenney
- Clay Higgins
- Darrell Issa
- David Kustoff
- David Schweikert
- Derek Schmidt
- Derrick Van Orden
- Donald Davis
- Doug LaMalfa
- Eli Crane
- Eric Burlison
- Erin Houchin
- Eugene Vindman
- Gabe Evans
- Gabriel (Gabe) Vasquez
- Glenn Grothman
- Haley Stevens
- Harriet Hageman
- Henry Cuellar
- Hillary Scholten
- J. Correa
- Jack Bergman
- Jasmine Crockett
- Jefferson Van Drew
- John Larson
- John McGuire
- John Rutherford
- Jonathan Jackson
- Josh Gottheimer
- Joyce Beatty
- Juan Ciscomani
- Julie Johnson
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