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Committee advances bill to limit firearm forfeiture in plea-in-abeyance cases
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 4–2 to favorably recommend House Bill 195, which would limit the forfeiture of firearms as a condition of plea‑in‑abeyance agreements unless a defendant becomes a restricted person.
The Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Standing Committee voted 4–2 to recommend first substitute House Bill 195 to the full Senate, advancing legislation that would narrow when a firearm may be taken from a defendant offered a plea in abeyance.
Representative Gregory McPherson, the bill sponsor, told the committee the proposal “essentially does the same thing with our, just statewide” that a prior measure accomplished for other settings: it would prevent automatic permanent forfeiture of a firearm as a condition of a plea in abeyance unless the person later becomes a…
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