Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB1488
Legislation Overview
Title: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2015
Subject: Bankruptcy: Firearms and explosives: Finance and financial sector
Description: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2015 Amends federal bankruptcy law to permit an individual debtor to exempt from the property of the estate in bankruptcy the debtor's aggregate interest, not to exceed $3,000, in a single firearm or firearms.
Session: 114th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Last Action Date: April 21, 2015
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1488/all-info
Sponsors
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15 sponsors: Chris Collins (R); Lynn Jenkins (R); Don Young (R); Mike Pompeo (R); Robert Latta (R); Trent Franks (R); Pete Sessions (R); Mike D. Rogers (R); Walter Jones (R); Ralph Abraham (D); Brian Babin (R); Vicky Hartzler (R); Scott DesJarlais (R); Blake Farenthold (R); Steve King (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 3% (15 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Apr 21, 2015 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. |
| House | Mar 19, 2015 | Introduced in House |
| House | Mar 19, 2015 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Mar 26 2015 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
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