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AB273 • 2025

Provides immunity from civil liability to licensed firearm dealers under certain circumstances. (BDR 3-549)

AN ACT relating to civil immunity; providing immunity from civil liability to licensed firearm dealers under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to civil immunity; providing immunity from civil liability to licensed firearm dealers under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

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Provides immunity from civil liability to licensed firearm dealers under certain circumstances. (BDR 3-549)

Provides immunity from civil liability to licensed firearm dealers under certain circumstances.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides immunity from civil liability to licensed firearm dealers under certain circumstances.
  • (BDR 3-549)

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-24 Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System

    (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.) (See full list below)

Official Summary Text

Provides immunity from civil liability to licensed firearm dealers under certain circumstances. (BDR 3-549)

Current Bill Text

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A.B. 273

- *AB273*

ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 273–ASSEMBLYMEMBERS
O’NEILL AND DICKMAN

FEBRUARY 24, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Judiciary

SUMMARY—Provides immunity from civil liability to licensed
firearm dealers under certain circumstances.
(BDR 3-549)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State: No.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

AN ACT relating to civil immunity; providing immunity from civil
liability to licensed firearm dealer s under certain
circumstances; and providing other matters properly
relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law provides immunity f rom civil liability to certain persons for acts 1
or omissions under certain circumstances. (Chapter 41 of NRS) This bill extends 2
immunity from civil liability to a licensed firearm dealer who returns a firearm to 3
the owner of the firearm pursuant to a firearm hold agreement wherein the licensed 4
firearm dealer: (1) takes physical possession of the owner’s lawfully possessed 5
firearm at the request of the owner; (2) holds the firearm for an agreed period; and 6
(3) returns the firearm to the owner according to the terms of the agreement. 7

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Chapter 41 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 1
thereto a new section to read as follows: 2
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a licensed 3
firearm dealer is immune from civil liability for any act or 4
omission arising from a firearm hold agreement and resulting in 5
personal injury or death, including the return of any firearm to 6
the firearm owner by a licensed firearm dealer at the termination 7
of a firearm hold agreement. 8

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2. A licensed firearm dealer is not immune from civil liability 1
pursuant to subsection 1 if any action arising from a firearm hold 2
agreement was the result of other wise unlawful conduct on the 3
part of the licensed firearm dealer. 4
3. As used in this section: 5
(a) “Firearm hold agreement” means a written or oral 6
agreement between an owner of a firearm and a licensed firearm 7
dealer in which a licensed firearm dealer: 8
(1) Takes physical possession of the owner’s lawfully 9
possessed firearm at the request of the owner; 10
(2) Holds the firearm for an agreed period; and 11
(3) Returns the firearm to the owner according to the terms 12
of the agreement. 13
(b) “Licensed firearm dealer” means a person licensed 14
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 923(a). 15
Sec. 2. The amendatory provisions of this act apply to a cause 16
of action that accrues on or after October 1, 2025. 17

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