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Proposed Federal House 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)

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 bill text	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

There have not been any votes on this bill