Committee adopts substitute for workplace-violence protective-order bill, narrows firearm-surrender authority
The House Judiciary Committee adopted and reported out a substitute for House Bill 222 on May 15, creating a new 'victim counseling center' protective order and adding language that courts may not order firearm surrender unless a firearm was used in or threatened at a victim counseling center; committee recorded that such orders are not qualifying under the federal provision referenced.
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The House Judiciary Committee on May 15 adopted a committee substitute for House Bill 222, which creates a protective-order pathway for victim counseling centers and clarifies limits on when a court may order the surrender of firearms in that context.
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