24RS HB 331

House Bill 331

Actions

Last Action	01/22/24: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to firearms.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements	Corrections Impact Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	414
Sponsors	L. Willner, K. Herron, C. Aull, B. Chester-Burton, D. Grossberg, N. Kulkarni, J. Raymond, R. Roberts
Summary of Original Version	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define terms; allow law enforcement officers to petition a court to issue an extreme risk protection order when a respondent poses a present danger of causing serious physical injury to themselves or others through purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm; establish procedures for the filing, review, hearing, termination, or renewal of the petition and orders; provide court processes and evidentiary standards; allow entry of the orders into law enforcement systems; prescribe issuance and service procedures for resulting protection orders; establish procedures for the surrender, storage, transfer, and return of firearms; establish penalties; create new sections of KRS Chapter 16 to direct the Kentucky State Police to establish the Kentucky Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List to prohibit the possession, sale, or transfer of firearms to individuals who voluntarily request to be added the list; prescribe procedures for application for entry and removal from the list; establish penalties; amend KRS 16.220 to direct proceeds of an auctioned firearm confiscated pursuant to a protective order to go to the firearm owner; amend KRS 237.110 to exclude persons subject to an extreme risk protection order from eligibility for a license to carry a concealed weapon; amend KRS 431.015 to allow warrantless arrest for violation of an extreme risk protection order; amend KRS 431.076 to allow expungement of records of dismissed petitions.
Index Headings of Original Version	Courts, District - Extreme risk protection order, firearms prohibition, petition Crimes and Punishments - Extreme risk protection order, Kentucky Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List, violation Firearms and Weapons - Extreme risk protection order, firearms prohibition, petition Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Extreme risk protection order, firearms removal or surrender Police, City and County - Extreme risk protection order, assistance to petitioner Police, State - Extreme risk protection order, entrance into LINK Property - Firearms, surrender, extreme risk protection order Public Advocate - Extreme risk protection order, hearing, indigent persons Purchasing - Kentucky Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List, prohibition of firearms sales or transfers Attorney, County - Extreme risk protection order, assistance to petitioner Attorneys - Extreme risk protection order, hearing, indigent persons Civil Procedure - Extreme risk protection order, firearms prohibition, petition Public Protection - Extreme risk protection order, Kentucky Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List, public safety measures Corrections Impact - Extreme risk protection order Local Mandate - Extreme risk protection order