H.R. 1643 119th Congress House

SAFER Voter Act

Official title: To reduce, from 21 years of age to 18 years of age, the minimum age at which a person may obtain a handgun from a Federal firearms licensee.

Introduced: February 27, 2025 Introduced by: Thomas Massie Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov

Crime and Law Enforcement Firearms and explosivesLicensing and registrationsRetail and wholesale trades

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Feb 27, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Feb 27, 2025

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Second Amendment For Every Registrable Voter Act or the SAFER Voter Act

This bill reduces the minimum age—from 21 years to 18 years—at which an individual may obtain a handgun from a federally licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, importer, or collector.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 11

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.
for GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC · Virginia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS · Colorado · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.
for GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives
11 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
11 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
11 filings
SENATE
11 filings
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
2 filings
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
1 filing

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Cosponsors 14

Taylor, David J.

Ohio · Jun 12, 2025

Hamadeh, Abraham J.

Arizona · May 15, 2025

Fulcher, Russ

Idaho · Mar 14, 2025

Boebert, Lauren

Colorado · Feb 27, 2025

Clyde, Andrew S.

Georgia · Feb 27, 2025

Collins, Mike

Georgia · Feb 27, 2025

Gill, Brandon

Texas · Feb 27, 2025

Greene, Marjorie Taylor

Georgia · Feb 27, 2025

Hageman, Harriet M.

Wyoming · Feb 27, 2025

LaMalfa, Doug

California · Feb 27, 2025

Perry, Scott

Pennsylvania · Feb 27, 2025

Roy, Chip

Texas · Feb 27, 2025

Spartz, Victoria

Indiana · Feb 27, 2025

Weber, Randy K. Sr.

Texas · Feb 27, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1643: SAFER Voter Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1643/

MLA

"H.R. 1643: SAFER Voter Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1643/.

Bluebook (legal)

H.R. 1643, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1643/.

Markdown link

[H.R. 1643: SAFER Voter Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1643/)