Senate Bill 156 Summary

• Establishes the "Extreme Risk Protection Order Act" allowing specified individuals (family members, law enforcement, dating partners, household members, spouses) to petition circuit court for orders prohibiting high-risk persons from purchasing or possessing firearms.

• Court must issue order if it finds reasonable cause that defendant poses significant risk of personal injury to self or others by possessing firearms, based on evidence of prior threats/injuries, statements, or other relevant facts.

• Requires restrained individuals to surrender all firearms within 24 hours of service; law enforcement may seize firearms if not surrendered and must enter order into law enforcement information network and report to FBI and ATF.

• Orders expire after 1 year but may be extended for additional 1-year periods if court finds continued significant risk; restrained individual may file one motion to modify or rescind order per term.

• Violation of order constitutes criminal contempt punishable by up to 93 days imprisonment and/or $500 fine; false statements in petitions subject to escalating penalties (misdemeanor for first offense up to 5-year felony for third offense).