Ethan's Law
Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.
Ethan's Law
This bill establishes a framework to regulate the storage of firearms on residential premises at the federal, state, and tribal levels.
At the federal level, the bill establishes statutory requirements for firearms on residential premises to be safely stored if a minor is likely to gain access without permission or if a resident is ineligible to possess a firearm.
An individual who violates the requirements is subject to criminal penalties. A firearm stored in violation of the requirements is subject to seizure and forfeiture.
At the state and tribal levels, the bill requires the Department of Justice to award grants to implement functionally identical requirements for the safe storage of firearms.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 173: Ethan's Law. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-173/
"S. 173: Ethan's Law." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-173/.
S. 173, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-173/.
[S. 173: Ethan's Law](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-173/)