SPONSOR: Taylor (84)
This bill provides that a person commits the offense of unlawful possession of a firearm if the person knowingly has a firearm in their possession and has been convicted of domestic violence or is subject to an order of protection.
This bill empowers a court after issuing an order of protection to also prohibit the respondent from knowingly possessing or purchasing a firearm while the order is in effect, informing the respondent in writing, and forwarding the order to the State Highway Patrol so it may update the respondent's record in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The State Highway Patrol must also notify the FBI within 24 hours.
The bill provides that upon a person's conviction of domestic assault in the fourth degree or stalking in the second degree, the court must forward the record of conviction to the State Highway Patrol. The State Highway Patrol must update the respondent's record in NICS within 24 hours.
The bill has an emergency clause.
This bill is similar to HB 1819 (2024).
Statutes affected: