Congress moves to strip states of firearm magazine limits nationwide
S. 2813 — FIRE Act · Filed by James Risch (R-ID) · 13 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 16, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill prohibits the federal government from creating or enforcing rules that limit firearm magazine capacity, and voids all state and local laws that impose capacity restrictions on magazines. It defines 'firearm magazine' and 'capacity' for federal law purposes, effective 30 days after enactment.
Why we flagged it
The bill's operative mechanism is the removal of a category of firearm regulation (magazine capacity limits) across all government levels. It is functionally a deregulation measure, not a safety or rights-protection bill, despite being framed as 'Freedom from Improper Regulation.'
What the text implies
- Preempts state and local authority over firearm safety regulations, centralizing Second Amendment interpretation at the federal level and potentially foreclosing future state/local policy responses to mass-shooting incidents.
- The 30-day effective date creates a narrow window for legal challenges before the law takes effect, potentially limiting judicial review of constitutionality.
- Voids existing state laws retroactively (e.g., California, New York, Colorado magazine-limit statutes), creating immediate legal uncertainty for compliance and enforcement.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill removes a safety regulation that some jurisdictions use to reduce mass-shooting lethality (higher-capacity magazines enable more rounds fired before reloading), but it also removes a restriction on a constitutional right that gun-rights advocates argue is unconstitutional. Citizens face a genuine trade-off: fewer regulatory barriers to firearm accessories versus potential increased casualty risk in mass-shooting scenarios.
Who stands to gain
- firearm and ammunition manufacturers
- magazine manufacturers and distributors
Named in the bill
Federal Government, State and local governments, 18 USC §926, 18 USC §927, 18 USC §921(a)
Where it stands
13 cosponsors: 13 Republicans.
- Sep 16, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 16, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $200,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 8 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
James Risch, the sponsor, reported $1,209,927 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Psna Holdings, LLC (formerly Perimeter Solutions Inc.) — $200,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,555 characters) on Aug 19, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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