OH SB184

Creates the "Extreme Risk Protection Order Act" allowing family members, household members, and law enforcement officers to petition courts to temporarily restrict firearms access for individuals posing danger to themselves or others.

Establishes procedures for obtaining extreme risk protection orders including ex parte (emergency) temporary orders issued without notice to the respondent, with full hearings held within 14 days.

Orders last one year and can be renewed; respondents must surrender all firearms and concealed handgun licenses to law enforcement and can request termination hearings once per 12-month period.

Requires courts to consider various factors in determining dangerousness including recent threats or violence, mental health issues, violation of protection orders, and firearm acquisition history.

Criminalizes knowingly filing false petitions (third-degree misdemeanor) and possession of firearms while under an order (third-degree misdemeanor, or fifth-degree felony for repeat offenders); protects good faith petitioners from civil or criminal liability.