HLS 22RS-768 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 260
BY REPRESENTATIVE MAGEE
WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Provides relative to a firearm hold agreement
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 40:1800, relative to firearms; to provide for definitions; to provide for
3 limitation of liability; to provide for an exception; and to provide for related matters.
4Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 40:1800 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
6 §1800. Firearms; hold agreements; limitation of liability
7 A. For the purposes of this Section:
8 (1) "Federal firearms licensee" means any person engaged in the business of
9 importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms as defined by the National Firearms
10 Act, 42 U.S.C. 5841 et seq, and who currently holds a valid license according to the
11 provisions of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. 921 et seq.
12 (2) "Firearm hold agreement" means a private transaction between a federal
13 firearms licensee and an individual firearm owner where the licensee takes
14 possession of the owner’s lawfully-possessed firearm at the owner's request, holds
15 the firearm for an agreed period of time, and returns the firearm to the owner
16 according to the terms of the transaction.
17 B.(1) No person shall have a cause of action against a federal firearms
18 licensee operating lawfully in the state of Louisiana for any act or omission arising
19 from or subsequent to a firearm hold agreement and resulting in personal injury or
20 death of any natural person.
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1 (2) The limitation of liability provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection
2 shall not apply to any action arising from a firearm hold agreement if such action
3 was the result of otherwise unlawful conduct on the part of the licensee.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 260 Original 2022 Regular Session Magee
Abstract: Establishes firearm hold agreements, and provides a limitation of liability for
federal firearms licensees who enter into such agreements.
Proposed law provides for definitions for "federal firearms licensee" and "firearm hold
agreement".
Proposed law 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 any natural person.
Proposed law provides that the limitation of liability provided in proposed law 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.
(Adds R.S. 40:1800)
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