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HB3186: Firearms; accessibility to mentally ill person or person prohibited to possess, liability.
Chief Patron
Del.
Mark Sickles (D-43)
Mark Sickles
(D-43)
Alexandria, VA
Served: 2004–
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Status
Bill is Dead
Summary
Access to firearms; civil liability. Establishes a cause of action against a person who leaves an unsecured firearm where it is accessible by persons who suffer from mental illness or mental retardation or who are prohibited by law from possessing a firearm and if such a person then uses the firearm to threaten, injure, or kill another party. Liability only attaches if it is shown that the liable party knew or reasonably should have known about the condition of the persons having access to the firearm.
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