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Background Check Completion Act of 2025
A bill to prohibit firearms dealers from selling a firearm prior to the completion of a background check.
- Introduced
- Committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
Summary
Background Check Completion Act of 2025
This bill prohibits a licensed gun dealer from transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person prior to the completion of a background check. Current law permits a licensed gun dealer to transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person if a submitted background check remains incomplete after three business days.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Dec 11, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Dec 11, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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