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MI HB6275
Bill
Status
6/22/2022
Primary Sponsor
Brenda Carter
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AI Summary
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Establishes strict liability for anyone who sells, delivers, or transfers a firearm to an individual they know or should know is prohibited from possessing it under federal or Michigan law.
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Liable parties are responsible for damages resulting from injury, death, threats, or intimidation caused by the firearm, whether by the prohibited individual or another person who obtains possession of it.
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Requires firearms dealers holding federal firearms licenses to maintain liability insurance with minimum coverage of $1,000,000 for personal injury or property damage resulting from firearm sales, deliveries, or transfers.
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Creates the "Gun Seller Liability Act" to impose civil liability standards on firearm sellers and establish insurance requirements.
Legislative Description
Civil procedure: civil actions; civil liability for a person who sells, delivers, or transfers a firearm to a person prohibited from possessing a firearm; provide for. Creates new act.
Weapons: firearms
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/22/2022
6/22/2022