Extreme Risk Protection Order Expansion Act of 2025

Key Points

• The bill creates a federal grant program run by the Attorney General to help states, tribes, and local governments implement "red flag" laws — court orders that temporarily remove firearms from people found to be a danger to themselves or others.
• Grant recipients must spend between 25% and 70% of the funding on training for law enforcement officers, covering topics like de-escalation, crisis intervention, addressing bias, and domestic violence situations.
• The bill makes it a federal crime for anyone under a qualifying extreme risk protection order to possess or receive a firearm, and requires these orders to be entered into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
• States and tribes must honor extreme risk protection orders issued in other jurisdictions, preventing someone from crossing state lines to avoid the order. This "full faith and credit" requirement mirrors how states already treat domestic violence protective orders.
• To qualify for grants, states must pass laws with due process protections, including written notice to the person named in the petition, a hearing within 30 days, and a preponderance-of-evidence standard or higher before an order can be issued.
• The entire law — including the new federal firearms prohibition — takes effect 180 days after enactment, giving states, courts, and agencies time to prepare.

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