Ellie’s Law
Key claim: Ellie’s Law (HR2678) would authorize and fund federal research into the causes and prevention of gun violence.
Abstract
(HR2678 · 119th Congress) Latest action (2025-04-07): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Why this matters
Ellie’s Law would formalize and fund federal research authority into gun violence causation and prevention, reinforcing a public-health framing that affects how policymakers, researchers, and affected communities understand firearm injury. As one of several 119th Congress bills expanding data access and research pathways (alongside the Gun Records Restoration Act and Public Safety Database Act), it marks incremental movement toward institutionalizing prevention research after decades of constrained federal funding.