Florida SB 1336: Firearm Hold Agreements

Bill Text

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Firearm Hold Agreements 
2026-01-07T07:36:16Z 
Providing immunity from civil liability for federal firearms licensees operating lawfully in this state for acts or omissions relating to firearm hold agreements under specified circumstances, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1336 

 By Senator Davis 

 5-00903A-26 20261336__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to firearm hold agreements; creating 
 3 s. 790.253, F.S.; defining terms; providing immunity 
 4 from civil liability for federal firearms licensees 
 5 operating lawfully in this state for acts or omissions 
 6 relating to firearm hold agreements under specified 
 7 circumstances; providing an exception; providing 
 8 applicability; providing an effective date. 
 9 
 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 11 
 12 Section 1. Section 790.253, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 13 read: 
 14 790.253 Firearm hold agreements; immunity from liability.— 
 15 (1) As used in this section, the term: 
 16 (a) “Federal firearms licensee” means a person licensed 
 17 pursuant to 18 U.S.C. chapter 44. 
 18 (b) “Firearm hold agreement” means a private transaction 
 19 between a federal firearms licensee and an individual firearm 
 20 owner in which the licensee either provides locked storage in 
 21 his or her facility to which only the firearm owner has access 
 22 or takes physical possession of the owner’s lawfully possessed 
 23 firearm at the owner’s request, holds the firearm for an agreed 
 24 upon period of time, and returns the firearm to the owner 
 25 according to the terms of the transaction. 
 26 (2) A federal firearms licensee is immune from civil 
 27 liability while operating lawfully in this state for any act or 
 28 omission arising from a firearm hold agreement which results in 
 29 the personal injury or death of any individual, including the 
 30 return of any firearm to the individual firearm owner by a 
 31 federal firearms licensee at the termination of a firearm hold 
 32 agreement. 
 33 (3) The immunity from civil liability under subsection (2) 
 34 does not apply to any action arising from a firearm hold 
 35 agreement if such action was the result of otherwise unlawful 
 36 conduct on the part of the federal firearms licensee. 
 37 (4) This section does not apply to a firearm transfer 
 38 pursuant to s. 790.401 or if there is a known existing 
 39 protection order governing the respondent under s. 741.30, s. 
 40 784.046, or s. 784.0485 or under any other applicable law. 
 41 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.