A bill to provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings.

Bill: 114-s-2594
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2016-02-25
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Civil actions and liability

Criminal justice information and records

Evidence and witnesses

Firearms and explosives
Latest action: action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-02-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill prohibits the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from being immune from legal process. In state or federal civil actions or administrative proceedings, the contents of the database: (1) shall be subject to discovery and admissible as evidence; and (2) may be used, relied on, or disclosed in any manner. Testimony or other evidence may also be permitted based on that data. </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2594 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 25, 2016 Mr. Blumenthal introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings.

1. Discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings The contents of the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives shall not be immune from legal process, shall be subject to subpoena or other discovery, shall be admissible as evidence, and may be used, relied on, or disclosed in any manner, and testimony or other evidence may be permitted based on the data, on the same basis as other information, in a civil action in any State (including the District of Columbia) or Federal court or in an administrative proceeding.