SB170 Summary

• Establishes the Gun Violence Protective Order Act authorizing courts to issue ex parte and one-year gun violence protective orders when a respondent poses an immediate and present danger of causing personal injury to self or others.

• Allows law enforcement officers, teachers, and family members to petition for protective orders, with ex parte orders issued within one business day and one-year orders following a hearing within 14 calendar days.

• Requires respondents subject to protective orders to surrender all firearms and ammunition to local law enforcement, with law enforcement conducting a receipt, storage, and potential return process.

• Permits respondents to request one hearing to terminate a one-year order, and allows petitioners to request renewal within three months of expiration.

• Creates criminal penalties of Class C misdemeanor for filing a false petition or knowingly possessing firearms while subject to an order, with a five-year prohibition on firearm possession following conviction; effective October 1, 2025.