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HB216
QJFL144-1
By Representatives Bedsole, Holk-Jones, Reynolds, Hendrix,
Almond, Faulkner, Treadaway, Kiel, Ensler, Robertson, Moore
(P), Shaver, Oliver, Gidley, Rehm, Harrison, Starnes
RFD: Judiciary
First Read: 06-Feb-25
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First Read: 06-Feb-25
SYNOPSIS:
This bill would provide for the recognition of
firearm hold agreements between a federal firearm
licensee or a municipal or county law enforcement
officer and an individual firearm owner where the
licensee or law enforcement officer agrees to hold a
lawfully possessed firearm for a specified period of
time.
This bill would also provide civil immunity for
a federal firearm licensee or municipal or county law
enforcement officer who enters into a lawful firearm
hold agreement.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to firearms; to define firearm hold
agreements; and to provide civil immunity for federal firearm
licensees or municipal or county law enforcement officers who
enter into firearm hold agreements under certain conditions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) This section shall be known as and may
be cited as the Houston/Hunter Act.
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be cited as the Houston/Hunter Act.
(b) For the purposes of this act, the following terms
have the following meanings:
(1) FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE. Any person who is
licensed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44.
(2) FIREARM. Has the same meaning as provided in 18
U.S.C. ยง 921.
(3) FIREARM HOLD AGREEMENT. A private transaction
between a federal firearm licensee or a municipal or county
law enforcement officer and an individual firearm owner where
the licensee or law enforcement officer agrees to: (i) take
physical possession of the owner's lawfully possessed firearm
at the owner's request; (ii) hold the firearm for an agreed
period of time; and (iii) return the firearm to the owner.
(c) No individual shall have a cause of action against
a federal firearm licensee or municipal or county law
enforcement officer operating lawfully in this state for any
act or omission arising from a firearm hold agreement which
results in personal injury or death of any individual,
including the return of any firearm to the individual firearm
owner at the termination of a firearm hold agreement.
(d) The immunity from civil liability provided in
subsection (c) shall not apply to any action arising from a
firearm hold agreement if that action is the result of
unlawful conduct on the part of the federal firearm licensee
or municipal or county law enforcement officer.
(e) This section shall not apply to firearm transfers
made in violation of Title 13A or Chapter 27 of Title 41, Code
of Alabama 1975.
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of Alabama 1975.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on June 1,
2025.
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