CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Cory Booker (D-NJ)

Firearm Safety Act of 2026

S. 4454 · Senate bill Commerce

A Democratic bill with 8 Democratic cosponsors · See all 8 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, titled the "Firearm Safety Act of 2026," seeks to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act. The primary goal is to remove the specific exclusion that currently keeps pistols, revolvers, and other firearms out of the definition of a consumer product. By making this change, the bill would allow the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue safety standards for these articles. This would essentially expand the scope of what the Commission can regulate regarding safety standards.

Yes

  • Scored +6

    Does this give people more protection from unfair business practices?

    The bill allows the Consumer Product Safety Commission to regulate firearms, which provides consumers with greater safety oversight of these products.

  • Scored +5

    Does this put more limits on buying or owning guns?

    The bill empowers a regulatory commission to establish safety standards for firearms, which acts as a regulatory control measure.

  • Scored +4

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    The bill expands the regulatory authority of a federal agency over the firearms industry.

The opposite

  • Scored -3

    Would gun owners be better off under this?

    The bill introduces the potential for new federal safety standards and regulations on firearms ownership.