H.B. 316 - Extreme Risk Protection Order Act Summary

• Establishes "Extreme Risk Protection Orders" allowing family members, household members, and law enforcement to petition courts to temporarily restrict firearm access for individuals posing significant danger to themselves or others for 180 days.

• Ex Parte Orders Available permitting courts to issue temporary orders without notice to the respondent if reasonable cause exists that the person poses immediate danger, with hearings scheduled within 3 days.

• Firearm Surrender Requirements mandating respondents surrender all firearms and concealed handgun licenses to law enforcement within 48 hours of being served, with law enforcement required to develop storage and return policies.

• Ammunition Background Check Integration requiring law enforcement to enter extreme risk protection orders into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) and other federal/state databases to prevent firearm purchases.

• Penalties for Violations establishing that possessing firearms while under an extreme risk protection order is a misdemeanor of the third degree (or felony of the fifth degree with prior convictions), and filing false petitions is a felony of the fifth degree.