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HR 1488 114th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Bankruptcy Firearms and explosives

Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2015

Introduced: March 19, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 21, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Mar 19, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 19, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now April 21, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 5
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DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Feb 26, 2016
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Babin, Brian
Texas · Mar 25, 2015
Abraham, Ralph
· Mar 19, 2015
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Mar 19, 2015
 R
Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · Mar 19, 2015
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Mar 19, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1488: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1488/
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"H.R. 1488: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1488/.
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