HR 8619 — Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage Act
Congress 119 · introduced 2026-04-30
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sponsors
- Menefee, Christian D. (D, TX-18) — sponsor · 2026-04-30
- Dean, Madeleine (D, PA-4) — cosponsor · 2026-05-15
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- · H11100 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- · H11100 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
- · B00100 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3541)
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2026-04-30 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (2)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | Dean, Madeleine | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-30 | Menefee, Christian D. | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Menefee, Christian D. (D, house TX-18) | sponsor | 2 | — | 7 |
| 2 | Dean, Madeleine (D, house PA-4) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 54 | $18,229 | $18,229 |
| 2 | self | 0 | $0 | 14 | $10,660 | $10,660 |
| 3 | brown rudnick llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 4 | advanced diagnostics healthcare system | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 5 | democracy in color | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 6 | jonesgranger law firm | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 7 | allison thomas racial justice fund | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 8 | kirkland & ellis llp | 0 | $0 | 5 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 9 | mary kay | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 10 | aramark | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 11 | energy transfer | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 12 | norton rose fulbright us llp | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1,250 | $1,250 |
| 13 | holland & knight llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 14 | at&t | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 15 | hunton | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 16 | government | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 17 | perdue & kidd | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 18 | beekman advisors inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 19 | generation tux | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 20 | kherkher garcia llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 21 | bc global lp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 22 | farah law group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 23 | gilde law firm pllc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 24 | stradley ronon stevens & young, llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 25 | the goodman corporation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
2 predicted yes (0%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 261 unknown (48%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 2 yes / 0 no / 261 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
2 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Menefee, Christian D. (D · house · TX-18) · sponsor
- Dean, Madeleine (D · house · PA-4) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-15 · cosponsored by Dean, Madeleine (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-30 · sponsored by Menefee, Christian D. (sponsor) · sponsorship