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2019 SESSION
SB 1467 Protective orders; possession of firearms, surrender or transfer of firearms, penalties.
Introduced by: Richard L. Saslaw | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Protective orders; possession of firearms; surrender or transfer of firearms; penalties. Provides that a court shall order a person subject to a permanent protective order (i.e., a protective order with a maximum duration of two years) to (i) within 24 hours, surrender any firearm possessed by such person to a designated local law-enforcement agency, sell or transfer any firearm possessed by such person to a dealer, or sell or transfer any firearm possessed by such person to any person who is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing such firearm, provided that such person will not allow the person subject to a protective order to exert any influence or control over the sold or transferred firearm, or (ii) certify in writing that such person does not possess any firearms and file such certification with the clerk of the court that entered the protective order within 48 hours after being served with a protective order. The bill provides that within 48 hours after surrendering or selling or transferring all firearms, such person must certify in writing that all firearms possessed by such person have either been surrendered or sold or transferred and file such certification with the clerk of the court that entered the protective order. The bill also provides that any person subject to a protective order who fails to certify in writing that all firearms possessed by such person have either been surrendered or sold or transferred or that such person does not possess any firearms is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill provides procedures for designating a local law-enforcement agency to receive and store firearms as well as a process to return such surrendered firearms. The bill also provides that any person who buys or has a firearm transferred to him from a person subject to a permanent protective order and allows the person subject to a protective order to exert any influence or control over the sold or transferred firearm is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103735D pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed to LIS only 19105181D-S1 pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103735D
- 01/08/19 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/28/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed to LIS only 19105181D-S1
- 01/28/19 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 6-N)