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Introduced June 30, 2025 by Salud Carbajal · Last progress June 30, 2025
The bill strengthens tools, funding, and national reporting to remove firearms from individuals judged dangerous—potentially reducing suicides and violence—while increasing government data collection, cross‑jurisdiction enforcement, and risks of rights restrictions, administrative costs, and inconsistent application.
People at risk (and their families) will face reduced near‑term access to firearms because federally supported ERPO implementation, mandatory reporting to background‑check systems, and cross‑jurisdiction enforcement make removal and blocking of firearm purchases more consistent across States and Tribes.
Law enforcement, courts, and dealers will have clearer authority, better access to ERPO records, and improved training (bias, domestic violence, crisis de‑escalation), increasing officer safety and making application and enforcement of orders more consistent.
State, Tribal, and local governments plus community organizations can receive federal grants for ERPO implementation, training, and public outreach, building local capacity to prevent gun violence and educate communities about ERPOs.
Individuals subject to ERPOs or adjudications (including those not criminally convicted) may have firearms seized or rights restricted—sometimes after ex parte orders—imposing major liberty and property impacts without a criminal conviction.
Courts and agencies may apply ERPOs inconsistently or rely on outdated/erroneous records across jurisdictions, increasing the risk of wrongful or uneven deprivation of firearm rights and related harms.
States, Tribes, and localities (and taxpayers) will face new administrative and ongoing costs—reporting, recordkeeping, NICS uploads, and mandated training—which could divert funds from other community services and require sustained appropriations.
Based on analysis of 8 sections of legislative text.
Authorizes federal grants to implement ERPO laws, makes qualifying ERPOs a federal firearms disqualification, adds ERPO records to national databases, and requires States/Tribes to honor qualifying ERPOs.
Creates a federal program to support state, Tribal, and local extreme risk protection order (ERPO) laws and operations, requires courts and law enforcement to treat qualifying ERPOs as a federal firearms-disqualifying order, and adds ERPO records to national criminal justice databases. It conditions grant eligibility on States or Tribes enacting ERPO laws that meet notice and hearing standards, requires jurisdictions receiving grants to spend a large share on law-enforcement training, and requires full faith and credit across States and Tribes for qualifying ERPOs. The bill takes effect 180 days after enactment.