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SB1084

Firearms; use in commission of crime, civil liability for negligent gun storage.

Status:
Killed

Chief Patron:
Dave Marsden (D)

Session:
2019 Regular Session

Summary

As Introduced. Use

of firearm in commission of crime; civil liability. Provides that a person may be held civilly liable for injury to the person or property of another or for wrongful death resulting from the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime if it can be shown by clear and convincing evidence that the firearm came into the possession of the person who committed the crime because of the failure of the civil defendant to reasonably secure the firearm from theft or unauthorized possession. The bill provides that a civil defendant exercising the ordinary standard of care for securing firearms will not be held civilly liable. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 12/17/2018 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101669D
  • 12/17/2018 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  • 01/16/2019 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 4-N)

Full text and vote history:

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