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Bill requires follow‑up hearing to verify firearm surrender after protection orders
Summary
House File 4075 (described by Rep. Marion Rearick) requires courts to hold a follow-up hearing within 10 days to confirm a firearm-surrender affidavit, mandates surrender of purchase/carry permits for prohibited persons, and aims to address historically low affidavit filing rates.
Rep. Marion Rearick, who described herself as an author on the bill, said House File 4075 tightens enforcement of firearm‑surrender requirements tied to protection orders. "If a court has ordered for your guns to be removed, then you have to file the affidavit," Rearick said, adding the bill requires a follow-up hearing within 10 days to confirm the affidavit and that affidavits can state the person has no firearms.
Rearick cited prior court lookbacks showing very low affidavit-filing rates: "it was about 4% statewide for orders of protection" in an earlier period, and later fiscal-note analysis showed about 87% of affidavits were not filed in the three‑year review she cited. Rearick said the hearing requirement is intended to ensure someone checks that firearms were surrendered, either to law enforcement, a federally licensed dealer or a third party in the presence of law enforcement.
