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HB113 • 2026

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

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 bill text states an effective date of October 1, 2026, but metadata indicates conflicting status labels ('Passed Legislature' vs. 'Pending Committee Action').

HB113: Rules for Returning Faulty Firearms

This bill requires licensed firearm dealers in Alabama 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

  • Requires licensed firearm dealers to take back guns they sold that have a faulty condition.
  • Mandates an exchange for another gun of the exact same make and model, but only if one is in stock.
  • Sets a limit of three days after the sale date for consumers to return the item.
  • Requires buyers to show video proof of the fault if they cannot safely demonstrate it at the store.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Licensed firearm dealers who sell guns in Alabama
  • Consumers who buy firearms from these licensed dealers

Terms To Know

Faulty Condition
A problem that significantly impairs the use, value, or safety of a gun. It must happen during normal use and not be caused by abuse, neglect, unauthorized changes, accidents after delivery, or other damage.
Licensed Firearm Dealer
A person who holds a federal firearms license to sell guns to consumers in Alabama.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The exchange only happens if the dealer has another gun of the same make and model available.
  • This law does not apply to damage caused by abuse, neglect, unauthorized changes, or accidents after delivery.
  • Consumers must return the firearm within three days after buying it.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 House

    Pending Committee Action in House of Origin

  2. 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

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HB113 INTRODUCED
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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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