Legislation· Feb 2026Sponsored by Scott Fitzgerald (R)
Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act
Removes less-than-lethal weapons like TASERs from federal firearms regulations.
Tradeoff
Exempts certain non-lethal projectile devices from gun-control and firearms-tax rules. Law-enforcement and civilian users gain easier access to TASERs and similar devices without federal firearms licensing or .
What's in it
Insignificant budgetary effect over the 2026-2035 period, estimated between -$500,000 and $500,000.
The negligible federal cost reflects only Department of Justice administrative expenses to enforce the narrower firearm definition; the policy's real impact is that certain nonlethal projectile devices are no longer subject to federal criminal penalties.
The House passed this 233-185 on February 12, 2026 — sitting in the Senate.
House
Introduced
(Mar 18, 2025)
House
Committee on the Judiciary(Mar 18, 2025)
House
The Committee on Judiciary voted to send it to the floor
Reported 18 - 8(Nov 20, 2025)
Committee report H. Rept. 119-472.
House
Passage of the bill
Passed(Roll #70 · Feb 12, 2026)
233 yeanay 185Senate
Received from the House
Received(Feb 24, 2026)
- J. Luis Correa (D-CA)
- Pete Stauber (R-MN)
- Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)
- Troy E. Nehls (R-TX)
- Marc A. Veasey (D-TX)
- Donald G. Davis (D-NC)
- Ben Cline (R-VA)
- Andy Biggs (R-AZ)
- John H. Rutherford (R-FL)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA)
- Lauren Boebert (R-CO)
- Wesley Hunt (R-TX)
- Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY)
- Michael Guest (R-MS)
- Barry Moore (R-AL)
- Nick LaLota (R-NY)
- David Schweikert (R-AZ)
- Mike Carey (R-OH)
- Glenn Grothman (R-WI)
- Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL)
- Michael Baumgartner (R-WA)
- Pat Harrigan (R-NC)
- Julie Johnson (D-TX)
- Brandon Gill (R-TX)
- Russell Fry (R-SC)
- Robert F. Onder (R-MO)
- Gabe Evans (R-CO)
- Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI)
- Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ)
- Mike Ezell (R-MS)
- Clay Higgins (R-LA)
- Elijah Crane (R-AZ)
- Pat Fallon (R-TX)
- Doug LaMalfa (R-CA)
- Chuck Edwards (R-NC)
- Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT)
- Laurel M. Lee (R-FL)
- Darrell Issa (R-CA)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- Ashley Hinson (R-IA)
- Celeste Maloy (R-UT)
- Rudy Yakym (R-IN)
- Eric Burlison (R-MO)
- Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ)
- Brad Finstad (R-MN)
- Tim Burchett (R-TN)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY)
- Gabe Vasquez (D-NM)
- Tracey Mann (R-KS)
- Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA)
- Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ)
- Michelle Fischbach (R-MN)
- Brad Knott (R-NC)
- Nathaniel Moran (R-TX)
- Lance Gooden (R-TX)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA)
- Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)
- Jack Bergman (R-MI)
- Nicholas J. Begich (R-AK)
- Mary E. Miller (R-IL)
- Young Kim (R-CA)
- Addison P. McDowell (R-NC)
- Sanford D. Bishop (D-GA)
- Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
- Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA)
- John J. McGuire (R-VA)
- Thomas H. Kean (R-NJ)
- Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN)
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI)
- Derek Schmidt (R-KS)
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA)
- Ken Calvert (R-CA)
- Haley M. Stevens (D-MI)
- Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
- Beth Van Duyne (R-TX)
- Carol D. Miller (R-WV)
- Laura Gillen (D-NY)
- Michael K. Simpson (R-ID)
- Mike Kennedy (R-UT)
- John B. Larson (D-CT)
- Troy A. Carter (D-LA)
- Robert J. Wittman (R-VA)
- Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN)
- David Kustoff (R-TN)
- Kevin Hern (R-OK)
- Shri Thanedar (D-MI)
- Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY)
- Erin Houchin (R-IN)
- Max L. Miller (R-OH)
- W. Gregory Steube (R-FL)
- Adam Gray (D-CA)
- Derrick Van Orden (R-WI)
- Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY)
- Tim Moore (R-NC)
Passage votes so far· Feb 12, 2026· 119th Congress · 2025–2027