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Alabama House Bill HB216 Compare Versions

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3	3		HB216
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	4	+	QJFL144-1
5	5		By Representatives Bedsole, Holk-Jones, Reynolds, Hendrix,
6	6		Almond, Faulkner, Treadaway, Kiel, Ensler, Robertson, Moore
7	7		(P), Shaver, Oliver, Gidley, Rehm, Harrison, Starnes
8	8		RFD: Judiciary
9	9		First Read: 06-Feb-25
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	16	+	7 QJFL144-1 01/24/2025 ZAK (L)ZAK 2025-188
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18	18		First Read: 06-Feb-25
	19	+	SYNOPSIS:
	20	+	This bill would provide for the recognition of
	21	+	firearm hold agreements between a federal firearm
	22	+	licensee or a municipal or county law enforcement
	23	+	officer and an individual firearm owner where the
	24	+	licensee or law enforcement officer agrees to hold a
	25	+	lawfully possessed firearm for a specified period of
	26	+	time.
	27	+	This bill would also provide civil immunity for
	28	+	a federal firearm licensee or municipal or county law
	29	+	enforcement officer who enters into a lawful firearm
	30	+	hold agreement.
19	31		A BILL
20	32		TO BE ENTITLED
21	33		AN ACT
22	34		Relating to firearms; to define firearm hold
23	35		agreements; and to provide civil immunity for federal firearm
24		-	licensees who ~~enter into firearm hold agreements under certain~~
25		-	conditions.
	36	+	licensees or municipal or county law enforcement officers who
	37	+	enter into firearm hold agreements under certain conditions.
26	38		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
27	39		Section 1. (a) This section shall be known as and may
28	40		be cited as the Houston/Hunter Act.
29		-	(b) For the purposes of this act, the following terms
30		-	have the following meanings:
31		-	(1) FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE. Any person who is
32		-	licensed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44.
33		-	(2) FIREARM. Has the same meaning as provided in 18
34		-	U.S.C. § 921.
35		-	(3) FIREARM HOLD AGREEMENT. A private transaction
36		-	between a federal firearm licensee and an individual firearm
37		-	owner where the licensee agrees to: (i) take physical
38		-	possession of the owner's lawfully possessed firearm at the
39		-	owner's request; (ii) hold the firearm for an agreed period of
40		-	time; and (iii) return the firearm to the owner.
41		-	(c) No individual shall have a private cause of action
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71		-	(c) No individual shall have a private cause of action
72		-	against a federal firearm licensee operating lawfully in this
73		-	state for returning a firearm to the firearm owner at the
74		-	termination of a firearm hold agreement.
	70	+	be cited as the Houston/Hunter Act.
	71	+	(b) For the purposes of this act, the following terms
	72	+	have the following meanings:
	73	+	(1) FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE. Any person who is
	74	+	licensed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44.
	75	+	(2) FIREARM. Has the same meaning as provided in 18
	76	+	U.S.C. § 921.
	77	+	(3) FIREARM HOLD AGREEMENT. A private transaction
	78	+	between a federal firearm licensee or a municipal or county
	79	+	law enforcement officer and an individual firearm owner where
	80	+	the licensee or law enforcement officer agrees to: (i) take
	81	+	physical possession of the owner's lawfully possessed firearm
	82	+	at the owner's request; (ii) hold the firearm for an agreed
	83	+	period of time; and (iii) return the firearm to the owner.
	84	+	(c) No individual shall have a cause of action against
	85	+	a federal firearm licensee or municipal or county law
	86	+	enforcement officer operating lawfully in this state for any
	87	+	act or omission arising from a firearm hold agreement which
	88	+	results in personal injury or death of any individual,
	89	+	including the return of any firearm to the individual firearm
	90	+	owner at the termination of a firearm hold agreement.
75	91		(d) The immunity from civil liability provided in
76	92		subsection (c) shall not apply to any action arising from a
77	93		firearm hold agreement if that action is the result of
78		-	unlawful conduct on the part of the federal firearm licensee.
	94	+	unlawful conduct on the part of the federal firearm licensee
	95	+	or municipal or county law enforcement officer.
79	96		(e) This section shall not apply to firearm transfers
80	97		made in violation of Title 13A or Chapter 27 of Title 41, Code
81	98		of Alabama 1975.
82		-	Section 2. This act shall become effective on June 1,
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99		-	Read for the first time and referred
100		-	to the House of Representatives
101		-	committee on Judiciary
102		-	................06-Feb-25
103		-	Read for the second time and placed
104		-	on the calendar:
105		-	0 amendments
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107		-	Read for the third time and passed
108		-	as amended
109		-	Yeas 98
110		-	Nays 2
111		-	Abstains 1
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	128	+	of Alabama 1975.
	129	+	Section 2. This act shall become effective on June 1,
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