Bill Title: Background Check Expansion Act

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 47-2)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. [SB494 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Senator Christopher Murphy [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-CT	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Tammy Baldwin [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WI	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Michael Bennet [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-CO	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Richard Blumenthal [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-CT	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Cory Booker [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NJ	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Sherrod Brown [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-OH	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Maria Cantwell [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Benjamin Cardin [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MD	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Thomas Carper [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-DE	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Robert Casey [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-PA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Christopher Coons [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-DE	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NV	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Tammy Duckworth [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-IL	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Richard Durbin [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-IL	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Dianne Feinstein [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-CA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator John Fetterman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-PA	N/A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NY	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Margaret Hassan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NH	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Martin Heinrich [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NM	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator John Hickenlooper [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-CO	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mazie Hirono [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-HI	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Tim Kaine [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-VA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mark Kelly [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-AZ	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Angus King [I]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-ME	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Amy Klobuchar [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MN	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Ben Lujan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NM	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Edward Markey [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Robert Menendez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NJ	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Jeff Merkley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-OR	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Patty Murray [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Jon Ossoff [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-GA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Alex Padilla [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-CA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Gary Peters [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MI	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Jack Reed [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-RI	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Jacky Rosen [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NV	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Bernard Sanders [I]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-VT	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Brian Schatz [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-HI	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Charles Schumer [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NY	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Jeanne Shaheen [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NH	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Tina Smith [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MN	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Debbie Stabenow [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MI	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Chris Van Hollen [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MD	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mark Warner [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-VA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Raphael Warnock [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-GA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Elizabeth Warren [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Peter Welch [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-VT	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-RI	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Ron Wyden [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-OR	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Laphonza Butler [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-CA	N/A	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide

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