Likely Impact: Anti-Gun
Sponsor(s): Sen. Schiff, Adam (D - CA)
Notes: This bill has 41 cosponsors.
S. 1531 has been introduced for the 119th Congress (2025 – 2026).
Details of what the bill will do have not been released to the public yet.
Summary of Legislation:
A bill to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.”
Bill Status – Introduced and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The bill’s main sponsor is Rep. Adam Schiff (D – California). It has 41 additional cosponsors, 40 of whom are original. All cosponsors are Democrats, except one Independent.
List of cosponsors as of May 7, 2025:
Democrats – Listed alphabetically by last name.
Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [MD]
Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [WI]
Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [CO]
Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [CT]
Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [DE]
Sen. Booker, Cory A. [NJ]
Sen. Cantwell, Maria [WA]
Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [DE]
Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [IL]
Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [IL]
Sen. Fetterman, John [PA]
Sen. Gallego, Ruben [AZ]
Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [NY]
Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [NH]
Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [CO]
Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [HI]
Sen. Kaine, Tim [VA]
Sen. Kim, Andy [NJ]
Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [MN]
Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [NM]
Sen. Markey, Edward J. [MA]
Sen. Merkley, Jeff [OR]
Sen. Murphy, Christopher [CT]
Sen. Murray, Patty [WA]
Sen. Ossoff, Jon [GA]
Sen. Padilla, Alex [CA]
Sen. Peters, Gary C. [MI]
Sen. Reed, Jack [RI]
Sen. Rosen, Jacky [NV]
Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [NY]
Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [NH]
Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [MI]
Sen. Smith, Tina [MN]
Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [MD]
Sen. Warner, Mark R. [VA]
Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [GA]
Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [MA]
Sen. Welch, Peter [VT]
Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [RI]
Sen. Wyden, Ron [OR]
Independents – Listed alphabetically by last name.
Sen. Sanders, Bernard [VT]