S597Referred to Committee
Age 21 Act
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-02-13
Introduced
18
Cosponsors
S
ⓘType
Sponsor

Alex Padilla
Democrat · CA · Senator
Votes with party: 65.0% (314 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/P000145
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (18)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)Original· 2025-02-13
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)Original· 2025-02-13
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)Original· 2025-02-13
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)Original· 2025-02-13
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)Original· 2025-02-13
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)Original· 2025-02-13
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)Original· 2025-02-13
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)Original· 2025-02-13
- Jack Reed (D-RI)Original· 2025-02-13
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)Original· 2025-02-13
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)Original· 2025-02-13
- Patty Murray (D-WA)Original· 2025-02-13
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)Original· 2025-02-13
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)Original· 2025-02-13
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)Original· 2025-02-13
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)Original· 2025-02-13
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)Original· 2025-02-13
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)Original· 2025-02-13
Latest Action
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Plain-English Summary
Age 21 Act This bill raises the minimum age to purchase a large capacity ammunition feeding device or semiautomatic assault weapon from 18 to 21 years of age.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Crime and Law Enforcement
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