Earlier this week, the Alabama Senate passed SB 281, the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act, sending it to the House for consideration. Not wasting time, SB 281 passed the House Finance Committee yesterday.
House Bill 389, the companion bill to SB 281, also passed the House Finance Committee. Both bills are now eligible to be heard on the House floor at any time. Please use our Take Action button to email your state Representative and urge him/her to vote “Yes” on SB 281 and HB 389.
SB 281/HB 389 prohibits a financial institution from requiring merchants to use a merchant category code (MCC) or any other indicator to distinguish a firearms retailer from a general merchandise retailer or a sporting goods retailer during a firearms transaction amounting to financial surveillance and from disclosing financial information regarding the transaction. The bill also prohibits a state agency or other political subdivision of the state, or any other person, public or private, from keeping any record of privately owned firearms or a registry of the owner of those firearms. SB 281/HB 389 further protects sportsmen by authorizing the Attorney General to investigate alleged violations of this act, to enforce this act by bringing an action to recover civil penalties and to restrain and enjoin an individual or entity from violating this act.
Don’t forget to share this important alert with your family, friends, and fellow sportsmen. Ask them to contact their state Representative and urge them to support SB 281/HB 389.
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