BILL · 2015–16 SESSION

HB 2461: Extreme risk protect. orders

Concerning extreme risk protection orders.

Summary

Creates a civil extreme risk protection order that allows a law enforcement officer, child welfare agency, or family or household member of a person to petition for a court order to enjoin the subject of the petition from having in his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm.
Establishes procedures for the petition process and standards for entry and enforcement of both emergency and final extreme risk protection orders, and provides criminal penalties for violation of an order.
Requires law enforcement agencies to develop procedures for accepting, storing, and returning surrendered firearms, and authorizes courts to issue a warrant to seize firearms from the subject of an extreme risk protection order who has failed to surrender a firearm subject to the order.
Requires orders to be entered into the Judicial Information System, and notice of the entry or termination of an extreme risk protection order to be forwarded to the Department of Licensing and the local law enforcement agency for entry into a state-wide database.

From the House Bill Analysis 2016 (HB 2461), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to creating an extreme risk protection order;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Mar 10, 2016By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Jan 13, 2016First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

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