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Relating to the imposition of civil liability on parents or guardians when minors cause injury with firearms
Topics:Courts & civil lawFirearms
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary If a parent or guardian lets a child have a gun or leaves one where the child can reach it, the parent can be held responsible for any injuries or property damage caused by the gun. This means the parent may have to pay for damages caused by the minor, up to a limit of $30,000 per person or $60,000 total for one incident. This rule applies in addition to any other legal responsibilities the parent might already have.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to civil liability of parents or guardians when a minor causes injury with a firearm. The bill provides that if a parent or guardian either permits a minor to have a firearm or leaves the firearm in a place accessible to the minor, and the minor discharges the firearm, civil liability shall be imputed to a parent or guardian having custody and control of the minor for purposes of civil damages for any injury to the person or property of a person other than the minor proximately caused by the discharge, and the parent or guardian shall be jointly and severally liable with the minor for any damages resulting from the act. The bill provides that the liability imposed by the Code section is in addition to any liability otherwise imposed by law. However, the bill provides that no person, or group of persons collectively, shall incur liability under the Code section in any amount exceeding $30,000 for injury to or death of one person as a result of any one occurrence or, subject to the limit as to one person, exceeding $60,000 for injury to or death for all persons as a result of any one such occurrence.
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- HF 11 Relating to the imposition of civil liability on parents or guardians when minors cause in…88th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
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