Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025
Official title: To repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, and provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings.
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025
This bill removes limitations on the civil liability of gun manufacturers and the disclosure of gun trace data in civil actions.
Specifically, the bill repeals the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which prohibits civil actions against a firearm or ammunition manufacturer, seller, importer, dealer, or trade association for damages resulting from the criminal or unlawful misuse of a firearm.
Additionally, the bill states that firearms trace data maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is not immune from legal process. Such data is subject to discovery; is admissible as evidence; and may be used, relied on, or disclosed in a civil action or administrative proceeding.
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- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
- GIFFORDS
- BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
- Education, Dept of
- Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3740: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3740/
"H.R. 3740: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3740/.
H.R. 3740, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3740/.
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