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SB 95 Use of firearm in commission of crime; civil liability.

Introduced by: David W. Marsden | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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 adequately secure the firearm from theft or unauthorized possession.

FULL TEXT

• 12/22/15  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103093D  pdf

HISTORY

• 12/22/15  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103093D
• 12/22/15  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/20/16  Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 4-N)