HB 2756 Summary

• Requires courts to order persons convicted of domestic violence offenses involving certain crimes or offenses with domestic relationships to transfer all firearms to law enforcement or federally licensed dealers within 24 hours of sentencing or release from custody.

• Establishes firearm transfer procedures for domestic violence offenders including proof of transfer requirements, 48-hour attestation deadlines, and compliance hearings to confirm transfers have occurred.

• Authorizes law enforcement and firearms dealers to dispose of transferred firearms and return proceeds to original owners minus storage and disposal costs.

• Permits search warrants to be issued if a person fails to transfer firearms as ordered, with failure to surrender firearms constituting grounds for warrant issuance.

• Amends orders of protection procedures to require firearm transfers for defendants found to be credible threats, with return of firearms only after order expiration and verification the defendant is no longer prohibited by federal or state law.