The state House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill aimed at removing firearms from domestic violence situations.

H.B. 5054, An Act Protecting Victims of Domestic Abuse, would require subjects of a temporary restraining order to give up their guns within 24 hours — either by handing them over to police or selling them to a federally licensed firearm dealer. Failure to do so would result in a felony charge of criminal possession of a firearm.

If the restraining order is not made permanent, police are supposed to return the firearm to its owner.

Gun rights groups, who are among opponents of the bill, say the proposal infringes on citizens’ due process rights since nearly half of the temporary restraining orders issued do not materialize into permanent orders.

“I heard opponents of this measure talk about due process and the integrity of the Second Amendment, but this is not about any of that,” said state Rep. Ernest Hewett, D-New London, in a statement.

Hewett was among the co-sponsors of the bill.

“This bill only seeks to protect survivors of domestic violence when they need it most,” he said. “The most dangerous time for survivors of domestic violence immediately follows the serving of a temporary restraining order.”

Hewett said the bill guarantees a full hearing before a judge within seven days, “which indeed is due process.”

The bill, passed in the House with a 104-42 vote, will next go to the Senate for consideration.