Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with house amendments and pass a bill that amends the legal process for emergency domestic violence no contact orders.

Highlights:

• Amends the legal process for emergency no contact orders to prohibit physical and nonphysical contact parameters and the use of third parties both directly and indirectly to contact both victims or a victims family (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes law enforcement to request a emergency domestic violence no contact to requires an individual surrender their firearms before criminal charges have been filed (Sec. 1).

• Defines “emergency no-contact order” as a no-contact order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction before criminal charges have been filed or before a petition for a protection or extreme risk protection order has been filed (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that amends the legal process for emergency domestic violence no contact orders.

Highlights:

• Amends the legal process for emergency no contact orders to prohibit physical and nonphysical contact parameters and the use of third parties both directly and indirectly to contact both victims or a victims family (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes law enforcement to request a emergency domestic violence no contact to requires an individual surrender their firearms before criminal charges have been filed (Sec. 1).

• Defines “emergency no-contact order” as a no-contact order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction before criminal charges have been filed or before a petition for a protection or extreme risk protection order has been filed (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text