OFFICIALS LEGISLATION INTEREST GROUPS PUBLIC STATEMENTS COMMITTEES VETOES

SB 40 - Authorizes Firearm Hold Agreements - Alabama Key Vote

Timeline

Related Issues

Stage Details

See How Your Politicians Voted

Title: Authorizes Firearm Hold Agreements

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that authorizes firearm holding agreements for veterans seeking mental health treatment at facilities.

Highlights:

  • Authorizes private agreements between federal firearm licensees or municipal or county law enforcement officers and individual firearm owners, wherein (Sec. 1):

    • The individual firearm owner takes physical possession of the original owner’s firearms by request;

    • The individual holds the firearm for an agreed period of time; and

    • The individual returns the firearm to the owner.

  • Prohibits private cause of action against any federal firearm licensee or law enforcement officer for returning a firearm to its owner at the termination of a firearm hold agreement (Sec. 1).

  • Specifies that the immunity from civil liability is waived, if the action by a law enforcement officer or federal firearm licensee from the firearm hold agreement is unlawful (Sec. 1).

  • Specifies that the effective date of this bill is June 1, 2025 (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

See How Your Politicians Voted

Title: Authorizes Firearm Hold Agreements

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that authorizes firearm holding agreements for veterans seeking mental health treatment at facilities.

Highlights:

  • Authorizes private agreements between federal firearm licensees or municipal or county law enforcement officers and individual firearm owners, wherein (Sec. 1):

    • The individual firearm owner takes physical possession of the original owner’s firearms by request;

    • The individual holds the firearm for an agreed period of time; and

    • The individual returns the firearm to the owner.

  • Prohibits private cause of action against any federal firearm licensee or law enforcement officer for returning a firearm to its owner at the termination of a firearm hold agreement (Sec. 1).

  • Specifies that the immunity from civil liability is waived, if the action by a law enforcement officer or federal firearm licensee from the firearm hold agreement is unlawful (Sec. 1).

  • Specifies that the effective date of this bill is June 1, 2025 (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

arrow_upward