HB113 • 2026

Firearm sales; acceptance of returned firearms with faulty conditions by dealers required

Firearms

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Sells
Last action: 2026-01-13
Official status: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on the consequences if a dealer cannot exchange for the same make and model firearm.

Firearm Sales; Dealer Return Policy for Faulty Firearms

This bill requires licensed firearm dealers to accept returns of firearms with faulty conditions within three days and exchange them for the same make and model if available.

What This Bill Does

Defines a 'faulty condition' as one that significantly affects the use, value, or safety of a firearm during normal use.
Requires licensed firearm dealers to take back firearms sold to consumers with faulty conditions within three days.
Specifies that dealers must exchange returned firearms for another firearm of the same make and model if available.
Allows consumers to provide video proof of the faulty condition if it cannot be safely demonstrated in the dealer's place of business.

Who It Names or Affects

Licensed firearm dealers
Consumers who purchase firearms from licensed dealers

Terms To Know

Faulty Condition: A condition that significantly impairs the use, value, or safety of a firearm during normal use.
Licensed Firearm Dealer: A person with a federal firearms license to sell firearms to consumers in Alabama.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if the same make and model firearm is not available.
It is unclear how dealers will handle returns after three days have passed.

Bill History

2026-01-13 House
Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
2026-01-13 House
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government

Official Summary Text

Firearm sales; acceptance of returned firearms with faulty conditions by dealers required

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

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HB113
84QI3HF-1
By Representative Sells
RFD: State Government
First Read: 13-Jan-26
PFD: 06-Jan-26
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84QI3HF-1 10/24/2025 ZAK (L)ZAK 2025-2949
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PFD: 06-Jan-26
SYNOPSIS:
This bill would require a licensed firearm
dealer to accept the return of a firearm with a faulty
condition that the dealer sold to a consumer in
exchange for a firearm of the same make and model, if
available.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to firearm sales; to require licensed gun
dealers to accept returns of firearms sold with faulty
conditions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) For purposes of this section, the
following terms have the following meanings:
(1) FAULTY CONDITION. A condition that:
a. Significantly impairs the use, value, or safety of a
firearm; and
b. Occurs or arises in the course of the ordinary use
of the firearm and not as a result of abuse, neglect,
modification, or alteration of the firearm not authorized by
the manufacturer, nor from any accident or other damage to the
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the manufacturer, nor from any accident or other damage to the
firearm which occurs or arises after the firearm is delivered
by a licensed firearm dealer to a consumer.
(2) FIREARM. Has the same meaning as provided in
Section 13A-8-1, Code of Alabama 1975.
(3) LICENSED FIREARM DEALER. A person who possesses a
federal firearms license pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 923 to sell
firearms to consumers in this state.
(b)(1) A licensed firearm dealer shall accept from a
consumer, not more than three days after being sold, the
return of a firearm with a faulty condition that the licensed
firearm dealer sold to the consumer in exchange for another
firearm of the same make and model, if available.
(2) A consumer shall provide video proof of the faulty
condition to the dealer at the time of return if the faulty
condition may not be safely demonstrated or otherwise shown in
the dealer's place of business.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2026.
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