The Senate Judiciary Committee will hear a gun bill named after Chicago shooting victim, Hadiya Pendleton, Thursday.

The bill, sponsored by U.S. Sens. Mark Kirk (R-IL), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), addresses straw purchasers and makes it illegal for a person to purchase a gun with the intent to sell or give it to someone else. Durbin and Kirk are chief sponsors of the bill.

It is the first piece of legislation to concentrate on straw purchasers, or someone with a clean record who buys a gun for someone else.

"Too often families in Illinois and across the country lose loved ones from illegal gun violence," said Kirk in a statement. "One of my top priorities this year is to pass legislation that will dry up the supply of illegal weapons to dangerous drug gangs, like the Gangster Disciples and Vice Lords, who commit these senseless acts."

Pendleton was killed on January 29 in a park near the Hyde Park home of President Obama. Her death put Chicago’s gun violence on the map, drawing First Lady Michelle Obama to her funeral. Her parents attended the State of the Union address and sat at the first lady’s side while President Obama mentioned Pendleton in his speech, which urged Congress to pass gun control measures such as banning assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips and requiring background checks for all gun purchasers.

"This bipartisan bill will crack down on the illegal trafficking of guns and impose strict punishments for straw purchasers. Buying a gun for another to use in a crime will mean a hard time-federal crime,” Durbin said in a statement.