Preventing Unjust Red Flag Laws Act of 2025
The Preventing Unjust Red Flag Laws Act of 2025 (H.R. 223) would block federal funding used to implement or enforce red flag laws, as well as any federal assistance to state, local, tribal, or territorial governments for deploying such laws. The bill defines a red flag law as a risk-based, temporary, and preemptive protective order that authorizes the removal of a firearm without due process. In effect, the measure aims to prevent federal involvement in promoting or supporting red flag orders that operate without due process. Because the definitional language ties the term “red flag law” to orders issued without due process, the bill could leave red flag laws that incorporate due process outside its funding ban, depending on how a jurisdiction structures its procedures. The bill was introduced by Representative Crenshaw and referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Key Points
- 1Prohibits the use of any federal funds to implement or enforce Federal red flag laws.
- 2Prohibits federal funding to provide assistance to state, local, tribal, or territorial governments for the implementation or enforcement of red flag laws.
- 3Defines a red flag law as a risk-based, temporary, and preemptive protective order that authorizes removal of a firearm without due process.
- 4Cites the short title as the “Preventing Unjust Red Flag Laws Act of 2025.”
- 5Introduced by Rep. Crenshaw on January 7, 2025 and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; no further action available in the text beyond introduction.