Bill Details
S.484 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced Date
2025-02-06
Policy Area
Crime and Law Enforcement
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Sponsors
Cosponsors
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This bill would change the rules for certain lawsuits against gun manufacturers, sellers, and trade associations. If one of these defendants is sued in state court and believes the case is the kind of lawsuit already blocked by federal gun-liability law, the defendant could move the case to federal court. The federal court would then decide whether the lawsuit is covered by that law and could dismiss it if it is.
- It gives gun manufacturers, sellers, and trade associations a new way to move some state court cases into federal court.
- The move would be allowed when the defendant says the lawsuit is a “qualified civil liability action” under current federal law.
- Once the case is in federal court, the judge could decide whether the lawsuit fits that category and throw it out if it does.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 484 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 484
To amend the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to provide for
the removal and dismissal of qualified civil liability actions.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 6 (legislative day, February 5), 2025
Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Scott of Florida,
Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Budd) introduced the following bill; which was
read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to provide for
the removal and dismissal of qualified civil liability actions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protection of Lawful Commerce in
Arms Act Federal Jurisdiction Act'' or the ``PLCAA Federal Jurisdiction
Act''.
SEC. 2. REMOVAL AND DISMISSAL OF QUALIFIED CIVIL LIABILITY ACTIONS.
Section 3 of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (15
U.S.C. 7902) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Removal and Dismissal.--
``(1) Removal.--In any civil action in a State court in
which a defendant that is a manufacturer, seller, or trade
association asserts that the civil action is a qualified civil
liability action, that defendant may remove the civil action to
the district court of the United States for the district and
division embracing the place where the civil action is pending.
``(2) Dismissal.--The district court of the United States
to which a civil action is removed under paragraph (1) may--
``(A) determine whether the civil action is a
qualified civil liability action; and
``(B) dismiss the civil action accordingly.''.
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