HB 2646 Summary

• Requires courts to order persons convicted of domestic violence offenses to transfer all firearms to law enforcement or federally licensed firearms dealers within 24 hours of sentencing.

• Mandates persons subject to firearm transfer orders provide proof of transfer to the court within 48 hours, either by attesting they owned no firearms or by filing proof that all firearms were transferred.

• Authorizes law enforcement or firearms dealers to dispose of transferred firearms after notice to owner, with proceeds returned to the owner minus storage and disposal costs.

• Allows courts to issue search warrants to locate and seize firearms from persons who fail to comply with transfer orders within the required timeframe.

• Extends firearm prohibition and transfer requirements to protection orders issued in domestic violence cases, with procedures for return of firearms after orders expire if defendant is no longer prohibited from possession.