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AL SB126
Bill
Status
3/22/2023
Primary Sponsor
Merika Coleman-Evans
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AI Summary
SB126 - Gun Violence Protective Order Act
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Establishes the Gun Violence Protective Order Act authorizing courts to issue ex parte orders (without respondent notice) and one-year protective orders if the respondent poses an immediate and present danger of causing personal injury to self or others.
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Requires respondents subject to protective orders to surrender all firearms and ammunition in their custody, control, or possession to local law enforcement agencies.
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Permits petitioners (law enforcement officers, teachers, or family members) to request one hearing to terminate a one-year order, and allows petitioners to seek renewal within three months before expiration.
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Creates criminal penalties including Class C misdemeanor charges for filing false petitions or violating protective orders, with violators prohibited from firearm possession for five years from conviction.
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Mandates courts notify the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency within one business day of issuing, renewing, dissolving, or terminating orders for entry into databases accessible to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Legislative Description
Relating to firearms; to establish the Gun Violence Protective Order Act; to provide for the issuance of ex parte gun violence protective orders and one-year gun violence protective orders; to require the surrender of all firearms and ammunition of a person subject to an ex parte gun violence protective order or one-year gun violence protective order; to provide for the renewal or early termination of an order; to provide criminal penalties for a violation; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
Firearms; Gun Violence Protective Order Act
Last Action
Introduced and Referred to Senate Judiciary
3/22/2023