{"id":"b0150da3-9715-4959-94fa-551f2641862e","feedVisibility":"normal","congress":119,"billType":"hr","billNumber":2442,"title":"Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act of 2025","displayTitle":"Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act of 2025","abstract":"Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act of 2025 This bill prohibits a state or any political subdivision of a state from imposing or collecting an excise tax on the sale of a firearm, ammunition, or any part or component of a firearm or ammunition by a manufacture or dealer.","displaySummary":"<p><strong>YVN Summary</strong></p>\n\n<p>States and local governments would be banned from imposing excise taxes specifically on firearms, ammunition, and their parts or components when sold by manufacturers or dealers in interstate commerce. Right now, some states have added their own taxes on gun and ammo sales on top of the existing federal Pittman-Robertson excise tax, which funds wildlife conservation. The federal Pittman-Robertson tax would not be affected — only state and local excise taxes targeting the firearms industry would be prohibited.</p>","status":"COMMITTEE_CONSIDERATION","topics":["ECONOMY","TECHNOLOGY","FOREIGN_POLICY"],"introducedAt":"2025-03-27T00:00:00+00:00","latestActionAt":"2025-03-27T00:00:00+00:00","congressGovUrl":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2442","accountabilityFlags":{"corporate_benefits":["↓ State and local excise taxes on firearms and ammunition — Prohibited for sales by manufacturers or dealers in interstate commerce","↑ Federal preemption scope — Extended to block state and local firearms-industry excise taxes (Pittman-Robertson federal tax preserved)"]},"tldr":"Bars states and localities from adding their own excise taxes on firearm and ammo sales, leaving only the existing federal Pittman-Robertson tax in place.","summaryStandard":null,"flagExplainers":{},"flagValence":{},"needsResummary":false,"displaySummaryHtml":null,"rawStatusText":"Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.","chamber":"HOUSE","policyArea":"Taxation","legislativeSubjects":[],"lawStatus":null,"lawNumber":null,"latestActionText":null,"latestTextVersion":null,"textVersionUsed":"Introduced in House","dateAdded":"2026-04-16T00:00:00+00:00","summarizedAt":"2026-04-16T00:00:00+00:00","recordId":"b0150da3-9715-4959-94fa-551f2641862e","feedIdentityKey":"119/hr/2442","websiteBillId":"HR-2442","yourvoiceSummary":"States and local governments would be banned from imposing excise taxes specifically on firearms, ammunition, and their parts or components when sold by manufacturers or dealers in interstate commerce. Right now, some states have added their own taxes on gun and ammo sales on top of the existing federal Pittman-Robertson excise tax, which funds wildlife conservation. The federal Pittman-Robertson tax would not be affected — only state and local excise taxes targeting the firearms industry would be prohibited.","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T00:52:29.556627+00:00"}