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Did Mike Lawler cosponsor the Bipartisan Background Checks Act?

Matches stated record claim. He became a cosponsor of H.R. 18 in August 2025, two months after it was introduced; it is in the Judiciary Committee.

Mike Lawler

The Bipartisan Background Checks Act

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His campaign says he cosponsored the Bipartisan Background Checks Act.

“Cosponsored the Bipartisan Background Checks Act (H.R. 18)”

What the record shows ·

He became a cosponsor of H.R. 18 on August 15, 2025, two months after it was introduced. It is in the Judiciary Committee.

Limit: Cosponsoring is all the claim says. The bill has had no vote.

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  1. Issueshttps://www.lawlerforcongress.com/issues/

    Lawler for Congress, Inc. · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Fifteen issue sections, most of them lists of bills and votes he names. Undated; read October 1, 2026.

    candidate statement

    For: Did Mike Lawler cosponsor the Bipartisan Background Checks Act?

  2. H.R. 18 (119th Congress), Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/18

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor Mike Thompson. Lawler became a cosponsor on August 15, 2025. In committee.

    official legislative record

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