Extreme Risk Protection Order and Violence Prevention Act of 2021 This bill establishes a new grant program to help states and Indian tribes implement extreme risk protection order laws. Extreme risk protection order laws, or red flag laws, generally allow certain individuals (e.g., law enforcement officers or family members) to petition a court for a temporary order that prohibits an at-risk individual from purchasing and possessing firearms. The bill also expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving, possessing, shipping, or transporting a firearm or ammunition. Specifically, it adds a new category of prohibited persons: persons who are subject to an extreme risk protection order.
Extreme Risk Protection Order and Violence Prevention Act of 2019
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Crime and Law Enforcement
Assault and harassment offensesCivil actions and liabilityCrime preventionDrug, alcohol, tobacco useFamily relationshipsFirearms and explosivesLaw enforcement administration and fundingMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMental healthState and local government operationsViolent crime
Extreme Risk Protection Order and Violence Prevention Act of 2021
USA117th CongressS-292| Senate
| Updated: 2/8/2021
Extreme Risk Protection Order and Violence Prevention Act of 2021 This bill establishes a new grant program to help states and Indian tribes implement extreme risk protection order laws. Extreme risk protection order laws, or red flag laws, generally allow certain individuals (e.g., law enforcement officers or family members) to petition a court for a temporary order that prohibits an at-risk individual from purchasing and possessing firearms. The bill also expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving, possessing, shipping, or transporting a firearm or ammunition. Specifically, it adds a new category of prohibited persons: persons who are subject to an extreme risk protection order.
Assault and harassment offensesCivil actions and liabilityCrime preventionDrug, alcohol, tobacco useFamily relationshipsFirearms and explosivesLaw enforcement administration and fundingMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMental healthState and local government operationsViolent crime