Background Check Completion Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 26
- Latest action
- Dec 11, 2025
What it does
Background Check Completion Act of 2025 This bill prohibits a licensed gun dealer from transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person prior to the completion of a background check. Current law permits a licensed gun dealer to transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person if a submitted background check remains incomplete after three business days.
Official summary · Introduced in Senate · Dec 11, 2025
Titles and provisions can change as the bill moves.
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
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Floor (Not started)
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Richard Blumenthal
- Adam Schiff
- Alejandro Padilla
- Amy Klobuchar
- Andy Kim
- Angela Alsobrooks
- Bernard Sanders
- Chris Van Hollen
- Christopher Coons
- Cory Booker
- Edward Markey
- Elizabeth Warren
- John Reed
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Lisa Blunt Rochester
- Mark Kelly
- Martin Heinrich
- Mazie Hirono
- Peter Welch
- Richard Durbin
- Ron Wyden
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Tammy Baldwin
- Tammy Duckworth
- Timothy Kaine
- Tina Smith
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.