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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
A03384Relates to extreme risk protection orders; defines "exception"; authorizes a police officer or district attorney to file an application for an extreme risk protection order if found that a person meets the requirements of an exception pursuant to section 6340 of the civil practice law and rules; makes related provisions.
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Firearmsred flag erpoAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Expands the definition of when law enforcement must file an ERPO petition and clarifies the criteria for risk of harm to self or others, making it easier to obtain and renew extreme risk protection orders that remove firearms from at-risk individuals.
shall file such application upon the receipt of credible information that an individual is likely to engage in conduct that would result in (a) substantial risk of physical harm to themself as manifested by threats of or attempts at suicide or serious bodily harm or other conduct demonstrating that such respondent is dangerous to themself; or (b) a substantial risk of physical harm to other persons as manifested by homicidal or other violent behavior by which others are placed in reasonable fear of serious physical harm
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends New York's extreme risk protection order (red-flag) statute by replacing the prior mental-hygiene-law definition of 'serious harm' with a new two-prong test for risk of harm to self or others; this change, combined with the mandate that law enforcement file upon credible information meeting the new criteria (unless an exception applies), broadens the circumstances in which ERPOs can be sought and granted, thereby restricting firearm access. It simultaneously creates explicit exceptions allowing law-enforcement petitioners to decline filing in certain cases (prior firearm-prohib
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