HB2570 Relating to extreme risk protective orders and certain other protective orders prohibiting possession of a firearm; creating criminal offenses.

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Creates a process for family, household members, or peace officers to petition for extreme risk protective orders that prohibit respondents from purchasing, owning, possessing, or controlling firearms based on a finding of immediate danger of causing bodily injury, and requires relinquishment of any

if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent poses an immediate and present danger of causing bodily injury, serious bodily injury, or death to any person, including the respondent, as a result of the respondent's access to firearms, the court shall issue a protective order that includes a statement of the required finding.

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Amends existing protective orders (family violence, emergency protection) to prohibit firearm possession except for official duties as a peace officer or military member (removing prior employee-status qualifiers), and adds criminal penalties for possession in violation of such orders.

possessing a firearm, unless the alleged offender possesses the firearm for the actual discharge of the alleged offender's official duties as: (i) a peace officer, as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code; or (ii) a member of the armed forces or state military forces, as defined by Section 431.001, Government Code

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