Gun Suicide Prevention Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-5306
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2025-09-11
Policy area: Commerce
Latest action: action_date: 2025-09-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5306 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 11, 2025 Ms. Brownley (for herself, Mr. Goldman of New York , Ms. Craig , Mrs. Watson Coleman , and Mr. Thanedar ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To prohibit the sale of a firearm unless the firearm or the packaging of the firearm carries a label that provides the number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gun Suicide Prevention Act of 2025 . 2. Labeling requirement (a) Prohibition Notwithstanding the exclusion of firearms from the definition of consumer product in section 3(a)(5)(E) of the Consumer Product Safety Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(5)(E) ), it shall be unlawful for a manufacturer or retailer to sell or offer for sale any firearm that does not meet the requirements of subsection (b). (b) National Suicide Prevention Lifeline label A firearm meets the requirements of this subsection if a clear and conspicuous label is attached to the firearm or appears on any packaging of the firearm and on any descriptive material included with the firearm that— (1) is written in both English and Spanish; (2) in English, reads IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE, PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE AT followed by 988 and the toll-free phone number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline maintained by the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use under section 520E–3 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290bb–36c ), or any successor to such toll-free number; and (3) contains a yellow triangle containing an exclamation mark that appears immediately before the words IF YOU on the label. (c) Enforcement (1) Violation A violation of the prohibition described in subsection (a) shall be treated as a violation of section 19(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2068(a) ). (2) Penalties Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be subject to the penalties set forth in section 20 and 21 of such Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2069 ; 2070). (d) Retailer defined In this section, the term retailer includes a dealer (as such term is defined in section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code). (e) Effective date This Act shall take effect on the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.