Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB2980
Legislation Overview
Title: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2017
Subject: Finance and financial sector: Bankruptcy: Firearms and explosives
Description: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal bankruptcy code to allow an individual debtor to exempt from their bankruptcy estate one or more fierarms, 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: 115th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Last Action Date: July 10, 2017
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2980/all-info
Sponsors
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4 sponsors: Chris Collins (R); Robert Latta (R); Richard Hudson (R); Pete Sessions (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 1% (4 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jul 10, 2017 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. |
| House | Jun 21, 2017 | Introduced in House |
| House | Jun 21, 2017 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jun 29 2017 | 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 Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
