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Relating to firearms by limiting civil liability of federal firearms licensees who enter into voluntary firearm hold agreements with individuals
Sponsored by the House Public Safety Committee
Topics:Courts & civil lawFirearms
Same legislation: HF 2080
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 18, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 23, 2024
- Done: House committeeFebruary 7, 2024
- Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 19, 202489–2
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 13, 2024
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 17, 202446–0
- Done: To the GovernorApril 24, 2024
- Done: Signed into lawMay 1, 2024
Signed into law What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Gun dealers can now make private agreements to hold a person's legal firearm for a set amount of time. Under this rule, these dealers cannot be sued for injuries or deaths that happen after the agreement, as long as they are following the law. This protection does not apply if the dealer is acting unlawfully.1
Read the official explanation
This bill establishes firearm hold agreements, and provides a limitation of liability for federal firearms licensees who enter into such agreements. The bill defines a firearm hold agreement to mean a private transaction between a federal firearms licensee and an individual owner where the licensee takes possession of the owner’s lawful firearm at the owner’s request, holds the firearm for an agreed period of time, and returns the firearm according to the terms of the transaction. The bill provides that no person shall have a cause of action against a federal firearms licensee operating lawfully in this state for any act or omission arising from or subsequent to a firearm hold agreement and resulting in personal injury or death of a person. The bill provides that the limitation of liability shall not apply to any action arising from a firearm hold agreement if such action was the result of otherwise unlawful conduct on the part of the licensee.
Why it matters. Federal firearms licensees could enter into private agreements to temporarily hold a person's lawful firearm at that owner's request. Under this agreement, licensees would be protected from lawsuits for personal injury or death resulting from the arrangement, unless the licensee engages in unlawful conduct.2
Senate subcommittee
Named February 20, 2024. On March 6, 2024 it recommended passage. [].
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