An act CONCERNING FIREARM HOLD AGREEMENTS, the official text

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.

1 State of Arkansas             As Engrossed: H1/23/25 H2/3/25
2 95th General Assembly
                                         A Bill

3 Regular Session, 2025                                           HOUSE BILL 1067

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5 By: Representatives Gramlich, Vaught

6 By: Senators Hill, J. Bryant

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8                               For An Act To Be Entitled

9   AN ACT CONCERNING FIREARM HOLD AGREEMENTS; TO PROVIDE

10  CIVIL IMMUNITY TO A FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE WHO

11  AGREES TO HOLD A FIREARM FOR AN INDIVIDUAL; AND FOR

12  OTHER PURPOSES.

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15                                      Subtitle

16                       CONCERNING FIREARM HOLD AGREEMENTS; AND

17                       TO PROVIDE CIVIL IMMUNITY TO A FEDERAL

18                       FIREARMS LICENSEE WHO AGREES TO HOLD A

19                       FIREARM FOR AN INDIVIDUAL.

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21 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

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23  SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 16, Chapter 120, Subchapter 8, is

24 amended to add an additional section to read as follows:

25  16-120-805. Firearms hold agreement -- Limitation.

26  (a) As used in this section:

27  (1) "Federal firearms licensee" means a person licensed under 18

28 U.S.C. �� 921-934, as they existed on January 1, 2024;

29  (2) "Firearm" means the same as defined in � 5-1-102; and

30  (3) "Firearm hold agreement" means a transaction between a

31 federal firearms licensee and an individual firearm owner in which the

32 federal firearms licensee takes physical possession of the individual firearm

33 owner's lawfully possessed firearm at the owner's request, holds the firearm

34 for an agreed period of time, and returns the firearm to the individual

35 firearm owner according to the terms of the transaction.

36  (b)(1) A federal firearms licensee operating lawfully in the

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1 state is immune from civil liability for any act or omission arising from a

2 firearm hold agreement and resulting in personal injury or death of a person,

3 including without limitation the return of a firearm to the individual

4 firearm owner by the federal firearms licensee at the termination of the

5 firearm hold agreement.

6   (2) The immunity from civil liability under subdivision (b)(1)

7 of this section does not apply to an act arising from a firearm hold

8 agreement if the act was the result of otherwise unlawful conduct on the part

9 of the federal firearm licensee.

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