Preemption – Extreme risk protection orders.

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A. The State Legislature hereby occupies and preempts the entire field of legislation in this state touching in any way extreme risk protection orders against or upon a citizen of this state to the complete exclusion of any order, ordinance or regulation by any municipality or other political subdivision of this state.

B. Any agency of this state or any political subdivision in this state shall be prohibited from accepting any grants or funding to implement any statute, rule or executive order, judicial order or judicial findings that would have the effect of forcing an extreme risk protection order against or upon a citizen of this state.

C. For purposes of this section, "extreme risk protection order" means an executive order, written order or warrant issued by a court or signed by a magistrate or comparable officer of the court, for which the primary purpose is to reduce the risk of firearm-related death or injury by doing one or more of the following:

1. Prohibiting a named individual from having under the custody or control of the individual, owning, possessing or receiving a firearm; or

2. Having a firearm removed or requiring the surrender of firearms from a named individual.

Added by Laws 2020, c. 63, § 2, emerg. eff. May 19, 2020.


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