Extreme Risk Protection Order Expansion Act of 2025

Key Points

• This bill creates a federal grant program run by the Attorney General to help states, tribes, and local governments set up and enforce extreme risk protection order (ERPO) laws — commonly known as "red flag" laws — that let courts temporarily take firearms from people found to be a danger to themselves or others.
• To qualify for grants, states must pass laws that include due process protections: the person named in a petition must receive written notice, get a court hearing within 30 days, and their firearms must be safely stored — not destroyed — while the order is in effect.
• Between 25% and 70% of each grant must go toward training law enforcement officers to use ERPOs safely and fairly, including training on racial bias, mental health crises, domestic violence situations, and de-escalation techniques.
• The bill amends federal firearms law (18 U.S.C. § 922) to make it a federal crime for someone under an 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 must honor red flag orders from other states under a "full faith and credit" provision, preventing individuals from crossing state lines to avoid a court order that restricts their firearm access.
• The law would take effect 180 days after enactment, giving states, courts, and law enforcement time to prepare. Grant recipients must file annual reports tracking petitions filed, orders granted or denied, demographics, and the number of firearms removed.

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