COLORADO POLITICS — The Republican-controlled Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee later Monday is expected to hear the “red flag” proposal on guns, House Bill 1436, and kill the measure, likely along party lines.
At the same time, Republicans are pushing for a bill to address the mental health issue that is also embedded in the red flag measure. Senate Bill 270 would provide “wrap-around” services for people taken into custody for a 72-hour mental health hold.
Assistant House Majority Leader Alec Garnett of Denver released HB 1436 — the Zackari Parrish III Violence Protection Act — during Monday morning’s business, a delay carried over from Friday.
Garnett had put a hold on the bill after it passed on Friday to prevent it from going over to the Senate and a Friday night hearing, one that would have likely prevented supporters from getting to the Capitol in time to testify. No time has yet been set for the Senate committee hearing.
HB 1436 would allow law enforcement or family members to obtain a temporary “extreme risk protective order” that would require law enforcement to remove firearms from a person deemed a threat to themselves or to others.
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