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  89R1421 AMF-F     By: Goodwin H.B. No. 1217       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to civil liability arising from a firearm hold agreement.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  The heading to Subchapter B, Chapter 128, Civil   Practice and Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER B. CIVIL ACTIONS AGAINST SPORT SHOOTING RANGES          SECTION 2.  Chapter 128, Civil Practice and Remedies Code,   is amended by adding Subchapter C to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER C. LIABILITY ARISING FROM FIREARM HOLD AGREEMENTS           Sec. 128.101.  DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:                 (1)     "Federal firearms licensee" means any person   licensed under 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44.                 (2)     "Firearm" means any device designed, made, or   adapted to expel a projectile through a barrel by using the energy   generated by an explosion or burning substance or any device   readily convertible to that use.                 (3)     "Firearm hold agreement" means a private   transaction between a federal firearms licensee and an individual   firearm owner in which the licensee takes physical possession of   the owner's lawfully possessed firearm at the owner's request,   holds the firearm for an agreed period of time, and returns the   firearm to the owner according to the terms of the agreement.           Sec.   128.102.     IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY. (a) A person does   not have a cause of action against a federal firearms licensee   operating lawfully in this state for any act or omission arising   from a firearm hold agreement that results in personal injury or   death, including the return of a firearm to the owner by the   licensee at the termination of the agreement.           (b)     The immunity from civil liability provided by   Subsection (a) does not apply to a cause of action arising from the   unlawful conduct or gross negligence of the licensee.          SECTION 3.  Subchapter C, Chapter 128, Civil Practice and   Remedies Code, as added by this Act, does not apply to a cause of   action that accrued before the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.