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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to risk protection orders; amending s. 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 394.463, F.S.; requiring, rather than authorizing, law 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | enforcement officers taking custody of a person for 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | involuntary examination to seize firearms and 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | ammunition from that person if certain criteria are 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | met; requiring law enforcement officers to request the 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | voluntary surrender of a person's firearms or 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | ammunition not already seized by law enforcement; 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | requiring, rather than authorizing, law enforcement 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | officers to petition the appropriate courts for a risk 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | protection order under certain circumstances after 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | taking custody of a person for involuntary 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | examination; providing an effective date. 14 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 394.463, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 394.463 Involuntary examination. — 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) INVOLUNTARY EXAMINATION. — 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (d)1. A law enforcement officer taki ng custody of a person 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | under this subsection must may seize and hold a firearm or any 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ammunition the person possesses at the time of taking him or her 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | into custody if the person poses a potential danger to himself 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | or herself or others and has made a credib le threat of violence 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | against another person. 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2. If the law enforcement officer takes custody of the 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | person at the person's residence and the criteria in 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | subparagraph 1. have been met, the law enforcement officer must 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | request may seek the voluntary surrender of firearms or 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ammunition kept in the residence which have not already been 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | seized under subparagraph 1. If such firearms or ammunition are 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | not voluntarily surrendered, or if the person has other firearms 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | or ammunition that were not seized or voluntar ily surrendered 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | when he or she was taken into custody, a law enforcement officer 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | must may petition the appropriate court under s. 790.401 for a 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | risk protection order against the person if criteria for such an 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | order are met. 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | 3. Firearms or ammunition seiz ed or voluntarily 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | surrendered under this paragraph must be made available for 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | return no later than 24 hours after the person taken into 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | custody can document that he or she is no longer subject to 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | involuntary examination and has been released or discharged from 44 |
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| 70 | 70 | | any inpatient or involuntary outpatient treatment provided or 45 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ordered under paragraph (g), unless a risk protection order 46 |
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| 72 | 72 | | entered under s. 790.401 directs the law enforcement agency to 47 |
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| 73 | 73 | | hold the firearms or ammunition for a longer period or the 48 |
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| 74 | 74 | | person is subject to a firearm purchase disability under s. 49 |
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| 75 | 75 | | 790.065(2), or a firearm possession and firearm ownership 50 |
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| 88 | 88 | | disability under s. 790.064. The process for the actual return 51 |
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| 89 | 89 | | of firearms or ammunition seized or voluntarily surrendered 52 |
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| 90 | 90 | | under this paragraph m ay not take longer than 7 days. 53 |
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| 91 | 91 | | 4. Law enforcement agencies must develop policies and 54 |
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| 92 | 92 | | procedures relating to the seizure, storage, and return of 55 |
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| 93 | 93 | | firearms or ammunition held under this paragraph. 56 |
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| 94 | 94 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 57 |
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