Disarm Hate Act
Official title: To prevent a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm.
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Disarm Hate Act
This bill expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm.
Specifically, it prohibits firearm sale or transfer to and receipt, possession, shipment, or transport by a person (1) who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or (2) who has received an enhanced hate crime misdemeanor sentence.
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- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS
- GIFFORDS
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
- Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives
- Education, Dept of
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)
- Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6258: Disarm Hate Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6258/
"H.R. 6258: Disarm Hate Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6258/.
H.R. 6258, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6258/.
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