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Introduced February 21, 2025 by Sean Casten · Last progress February 21, 2025
The bill centralizes and funds lost/stolen firearm reporting to improve recovery and law enforcement investigations, but it creates new compliance costs, privacy risks, civil fines, and temporary firearm-eligibility restrictions for ordinary owners who miss reporting deadlines.
Local law enforcement and local governments get reported owner contact information within 72 hours, enabling faster recovery of stolen firearms and speedier investigations.
Gun owners (including middle-class families and homeowners) gain a centralized Attorney General portal to report lost or stolen firearms within 180 days, creating a single, clear reporting pathway.
State and local governments receive dedicated grant funding (at least 5% reserved) to study and implement lost/stolen firearm data collection, improving national tracking and data-driven prevention over time.
Unlicensed gun owners (including many homeowners and middle-class families) face civil fines for failing to report a lost or stolen firearm within 48 hours — up to $1,000 for a first violation and $5,000 for subsequent violations — exposing ordinary owners to significant financial penalties.
Individuals who accumulate repeated civil penalties can be temporarily barred from receiving firearms for one year (after two assessments) or five years (after three), creating substantial restrictions on firearm rights for administrative violations.
Reporters’ names and addresses are transmitted by the Attorney General to local chiefs, raising privacy and personal safety concerns for homeowners and others who report losses.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Requires private gun owners to report loss/theft within 48 hours via an AG portal or local police, creates civil fines and temporary purchase bans, and directs AG to build the portal and update NICS.
Requires people who own firearms but are not federally licensed dealers to report a lost or stolen gun within 48 hours, either through a new Department of Justice web portal or to local law enforcement. The Attorney General must build the portal and update federal systems (including NICS) on a set timeline; failures to report can bring civil fines and, after repeated violations, temporary bans on buying firearms.