Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB1726
Legislation Overview
Title: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2019
Subject: Finance and financial sector: Bankruptcy: Firearms and explosives
Description: Modifies federal bankruptcy law to allow an individual debtor to exempt from their bankruptcy estate one or more firearms up to a total maximum value of $3,000. The bill also specifies that such firearms are household goods that are not subject to liens in bankruptcy.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Last Action Date: April 12, 2019
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1726/all-info
Sponsors
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4 sponsors: Chris Collins (R); Scott DesJarlais (R); Robert Latta (R); Don Young (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 1% (4 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Apr 12, 2019 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law. |
| House | Mar 13, 2019 | Introduced in House |
| House | Mar 13, 2019 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Mar 29 2019 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
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