CALIFORNIA FIREARMS-RELATED LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION
The following is a update and status of 51 significant bills being tracked by CRPA for 2013 in the legislative process that are of interest to CRPA members. Click bills to see more information. The information contained in the Bill Status Update is current as of 5/23/2013.
KEY TO BILL STATUS UPDATE ABBREVIATIONS
A. = Assembly
S. = Senate
Appr. = Appropriations
Budg. = Budget
Com. = Committee
Pub. S. = Public Safety
Jud. = Judiciary
Ed. = Education
Nat. Res. = Natural Resources
N. R. & W. = Natural Resources & Water
S. Budget & F.R. = Budget & Financial Review
W. P. & W. = Water, Parks & Wildlife
P. E. & R. = Public Employment & Retirement
P. E. R. & S.S. = Public Employees, Retirement, & Social Security
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Introduced: 12/20/2012
Last Amend: 5/7/2013
Status: 5/15/2013-In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Appropriations suspense file.
Location: 5/15/2013-Assembly Appropriations Suspense File
Summary: Proposes ammunition registration and bans sale and transfer of ammunition by other than licensed firearms dealers. The bill also bans high capacity magazine kits that hold more than 10 rounds.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Nancy Skinner
assemblymember.skinner@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 3160
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0015
Tel: (916) 319-2015
Fax: (916) 319-2115
http://www.asmdc.org/members/a15/
AB 134 - (Logue R) The California Public Records Act: applications for licenses and licenses to carry firearms.
Introduced: 1/16/2013
Last Amend: 4/17/2013
Status: 5/3/2013-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was Judiciary on 4/23/2013)
Location: 5/3/2013-Assembly 2 Year
Summary: Proposes to protect personal information of persons licensed to carry handguns.
Position: CRPA Cosponsored Support
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Assemblymember Dan Logue
assemblymember.logue@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 4158
Sacramento, CA 94249-0003
916-319-2003
916-319-2103 fax
http://arc.asm.ca.gov/member/AD3/?
AB 169 - (Dickinson D) Unsafe handguns.
Introduced: 1/24/2013
Last Amend: 4/1/2013
Status: 5/2/2013-In Senate. Read first time. To Committee on Rules for assignment.
Location: 5/2/2013-Senate Rules.
Summary: Proposes a ban on private party transfers of handguns, including non-rostered handguns purchased by peace officers. This bill provides no mechanism for the legal transfer of firearms not on the roster of handguns approved by the Department of Justice.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Roger Dickinson
assemblymember.dickinson@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 2013
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0007
(916) 319 – 2007
(916) 319 – 2107 Fax
http://www.asmdc.org/members/a07/
AB 170 - (Bradford D) Assault weapons and .50 BMG rifles.
Introduced: 1/24/2013
Last Amend: 3/20/2013
Status: 4/25/2013-Referred to Committee on Public Safety.
Location: 4/25/2013-Senate Public Safety.
Calendar: 6/4/2013 Anticipated Hearing Senate Public Safety, Not in daily file.
Summary: Proposes a ban on purchase of assault weapons by corporations.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Steven Bradford
assemblymember.bradford@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 5136
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0062
Tel: (916) 319-2062
Fax: (916) 319-2162
http://www.asmdc.org/members/a62/
AB 174 (Bonta D) Public school health centers
Introduced: 1/24/2013
Last Amend: 4/17/2013
Status: 5/1/2013-In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Appropriations suspense file.
Location: 5/1/2013-Assembly Appropriations Suspense File
Summary: DEFEATED; amended by author into a health bill; no longer a firearms bill.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Rob Bonta
assemblymember.bonta@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 6025
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0018
Tel: (916) 319-2018
Fax: (916) 319-2118
AB 180 - (Bonta D) Registration and licensing of firearms: exclusive regulation by the Legislature.
Introduced: 1/24/2013
Last Amend: 5/2/2013
Status: 5/9/2013-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Location: 5/9/2013-Assembly Third Reading
Calendar: 5/16/2013 #50 Assembly Assembly Third Reading File
Summary: Proposes to allow the City of Oakland, through an ordinance, to circumvent state preemption of firearms laws.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Rob Bonta
assemblymember.bonta@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 6025
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0018
Tel: (916) 319-2018
Fax: (916) 319-2118
AB 187 - (Bonta D) Taxation: ammunition: Public Safety Emergency Prevention Fund.
Introduced: 1/28/2013
Last Amend: 5/15/2013
Status: 5/16/2013-Re-referred to Committee on Appropriations.
Location: 5/16/2013-Assembly Appropriations.
Summary: Proposes a 10% gross receipt tax on ammunition retailers.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Rob Bonta
assemblymember.bonta@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 6025
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0018
Tel: (916) 319-2018
Fax: (916) 319-2118
AB 202 - (Donnelly R) School security: School Marshal Plan.
Introduced: 1/29/2013
Last Amend: 3/5/2013
Status: 5/22/2013-From committee without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).
Location: 5/3/2013-Assembly 2 Year
Summary: Proposes to establish a school marshal plan overseen by school districts.
Position: Support
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Assemblymember Tim Donnelly
assemblymember.donnelly@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol 2002
Sacramento, CA 94249-0033
916-319-2033
916- 319-2133 fax
http://arc.asm.ca.gov/member/AD33/?
AB 231 - (Ting D) Firearms: criminal storage
Introduced: 2/5/2013
Last Amend: 5/6/2013
Status: 5/7/2013-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Location: 5/7/2013-Assembly Third Reading
Calendar: 5/16/2013 #38 Assembly Assembly Third Reading File
Summary: Proposes to make it a crime for a firearms owner to allow a child to obtain access to a loaded firearm kept within any premises under the control of the firearm owner.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Phil Ting
assemblymember.ting@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0019
Tel: (916) 319-2019
Fax: (916) 319-2119
http://asmdc.org/members/a19/
AB 232 - (Ting D) Personal income taxes: credits: gun buybacks.
Introduced: 2/5/2013
Last Amend: 5/6/2013
Status: 5/13/2013-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 5/7/2013-Assembly Revenue & Tax
Summary: Proposes to give a tax credit (up to $5,000), for gun buy backs conducted by cities.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Phil Ting
assemblymember.ting@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0019
Tel: (916) 319-2019
Fax: (916) 319-2119
http://asmdc.org/members/a19/
AB 249 - (Donnelly R) Firearms: open carry prohibitions.
Introduced: 2/6/2013
Last Amend: 3/19/2013
Status: 5/10/2013-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(3). (Last location was Public Safety on 4/16/2013)
Location: 5/10/2013-Assembly 2 year
Summary: Proposes to repeal the ban on open carry of firearms.
Position: Support
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Assemblymember Tim Donnelly
assemblymember.donnelly@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
PO Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0033
916-319-2033
916- 319-2133 fax
http://arc.asm.ca.gov/member/AD33/?
AB 497 - (Chesbro D) Fish and wildlife.
Introduced: 2/20/2013
Last Amend: 4/4/2013
Status: 5/20/2013-Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
Location: 5/20/2013-Assembly Consent Calendar
Calendar: 5/24/2013 #118 Assembly Consent Calendar-First Legislative Day Assembly Measures
Summary: Proposes to reduce the overall required number of Fish & Game Commission meetings per year.
Position: Watch
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Assemblymember Wesley Chesbro
Capitol Office
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0002
Tel: (916) 319-2002
Fax: (916) 319-2102
http://www.asmdc.org/members/a02/
AB 500 - (Ammiano D) Firearms.
Introduced: 2/20/2013
Status: 5/1/2013-In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Appropriations suspense file.
Location: 5/1/2013-Assembly Appropriations Suspense File
Summary: Proposes to allow the Department of Justice (DOJ) to extend the waiting period from 10 to 15 days in some circumstances. Proposes safe storage requirements for firearms. Proposes to require the dealer to notify DOJ that the purchaser actually took possession of the purchased firearm.
Position: Watch
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Assemblymember Tom Ammiano
assemblymember.ammiano@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0017
Tel: (916) 319-2017
Fax: (916) 319-2117
http://www.asmdc.org/members/a17/
Introduced: 2/20/2013
Last Amend: 4/29/2013
Status: 5/20/2013-In Senate. Read first time. To Committee on Rules for assignment.
Location: 5/20/2013-Senate Rules.
Summary: Proposes to require the Department of Justice to update firearms ownership information within 5 business days of transfer of ownership.
Position: Watch
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Assemblymember Richard Pan
assemblymember.pan@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0009
Tel: (916) 319-2009
Fax: (916) 319-2109
http://www.asmdc.org/members/a09/
AB 539 - (Pan D) Firearm possession: prohibitions: transfer to licensed dealer.
Introduced: 2/20/2013
Last Amend: 4/29/2013
Status: 5/8/2013-In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Appropriations suspense file.
Location: 5/8/2013-Assembly Appropriations Suspense File
Summary: PProposes to allow persons subject to a restraining order to transfer firearms to a licensed firearms dealer for the time specified by court order.
Position: Support
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Assemblymember Richard Pan
assemblymember.pan@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0009
Tel: (916) 319-2009
Fax: (916) 319-2109
http://www.asmdc.org/members/a09/
Introduced: 2/20/2013
Status: 5/10/2013-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(3). (Last location was Print on 2/20/2013)
Location: 5/10/2013-Assembly 2 year
Summary: Proposes to make technical changes to the requirement for firearms dealers to retain records of electronic or telephonic records of firearms transfers.
Position: Watch
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Assemblymember Brian Dahle
assemblymember.dahle@assembly.ca.gov
info@briandahle.com
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Suite #2174
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
(P) 916-319-2001
(F) 916-319-2101
http://arc.asm.ca.gov/member/AD1/
AB 685 - (Achadjian R) State goods: peace officer’s is state-issued handgun: Spouse or domestic partner.
Introduced: 2/21/2013
Last Amend: 4/2/2013
Status: 5/15/2013-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Location: 5/15/2013-Senat Third Reading
Calendar: 5/16/2013 #75 Senate Assembly Bills-Third Reading File
Summary: Proposes to allow a peace officer’s spouse or domestic partner to purchase the officer’s state-issued handgun if the officer dies in the line of duty.
Position: Support
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Assemblymember Katcho Achadjian
assemblymember.achadjian@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 94249
(P) (916) 319-2035
(F) (916) 319-2135
http://arc.asm.ca.gov/member/AD35/
AB 711 - (Rendon D) Fish and wildlife: methods of taking.
Introduced: 2/21/2013
Last Amend: 4/17/2013
Status: 5/16/2013-In Senate. Read first time. To Committee on Rules for assignment.
Location: 5/16/2013-Senate Rules.
Summary: Proposes to require the use of nonlead ammunition for the taking of all wildlife with a firearm.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Anthony Rendon
assemblymember.rendon@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0063
Tel: (916) 319-2063
Fax: (916) 319-2163
http://asmdc.org/members/a63/
Introduced: 2/21/2013
Last Amend: 4/8/2013
Status: 5/8/2013-In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Appropriations suspense file.
Location: 5/8/2013-Assembly Appropriations Suspense File
Summary: Proposes to revise the definition of infrequent firearms transfers and other definitions related to firearms transactions.
Position: Watch
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Assemblymember Luis A. Alejo
assemblymember.alejo@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0030
Tel: (916) 319-2030
Fax: (916) 319-2130
http://www.asmdc.org/members/a30/
AB 760 - (Dickinson D) Taxes: ammunition sales.
Introduced: 2/21/2013
Last Amend: 3/19/2013
Status: 5/13/2013-In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 3/20/2013-Assembly Revenue & Tax Suspense File
Summary: Proposes to impose a tax of .05 per item of ammunition or reloading components sold at retail.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Roger Dickinson
assemblymember.dickinson@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0007
(916) 319 – 2007
(916) 319 – 2107 Fax
http://www.asmdc.org/members/a07/
AB 761 - (Dickinson D) Public retirement systems: investments.
Introduced: 2/21/2013
Last Amend: 3/19/2013
Status: 5/8/2013-In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Appropriations suspense file.
Location: 5/8/2013-Assembly Appropriations Suspense File
Summary: Proposes to ban public retirement system investments in firearms and/or ammunition companies.
Position: Watch
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Assemblymember Roger Dickinson
assemblymember.dickinson@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0007
(916) 319 – 2007
(916) 319 – 2107 Fax
http://www.asmdc.org/members/a07/
AB 871 - (Jones R) Concealed weapons.
Introduced: 2/22/2013
Status: 5/3/2013-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was Public Safety on 4/16/2013)
Location: 5/3/2013-Assembly 2 year
Summary: Proposes to define self-defense as good cause for issuance of a license to carry a concealed handgun.
Position: Support
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Assemblymember Brian Jones
assemblymember.jones@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 94249-0071
(P) (916) 319-2071
(F) (916) 319-2171
http://arc.asm.ca.gov/member/AD71/Default.aspx
AB 1009 - (Mansoor R) Deadly weapons: definition.
Introduced: 2/22/2013
Status: 5/10/2013-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(3). (Last location was Print on 2/22/2013)
Location: 5/10/2013-Assembly 2 year
Summary: Proposes to make technical changes to the definition of a deadly weapon.
Position: Watch
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Assemblymember Allan Mansoor
assemblymember.mansoor@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 94249-0074
(P) (916) 319-2074
(F) (916) 319-2174
http://arc.asm.ca.gov/member/AD74/
AB 1020 - (Bonta D) Firearms: letter to purchasers.
Introduced: 2/22/2013
Last Amend: 4/25/2013
Status: 5/8/2013-In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Appropriations suspense file.
Location: 5/8/2013-Assembly Appropriations Suspense File
Summary: Proposes to require the Attorney General to issue a letter, during the 10-day waiting period, to firearm purchasers advising of safe storage requirements and laws relating to gun trafficking.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Rob Bonta
assemblymember.bonta@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0018
Tel: (916) 319-2018
Fax: (916) 319-2118
http://asmdc.org/members/a18/
AB 1084 - (Melendez R) Firearms: punishment.
Introduced: 2/22/2013
Last Amend: 4/25/2013
Status: 5/3/2013-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was Public Safety on 4/30/2013)
Location: 5/3/2013-Assembly 2 year
Summary: Proposes to increase punishment, for the use of a firearm, in a number of crimes.
Position: Support
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Assemblymember Melissa Melendez
assemblymember.melendez@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Suite #4009
Sacramento, CA 94249-0067
(P) (916) 319-2067
(F) (916) 319-2167
http://arc.asm.ca.gov/member/AD67/
AB 1213 - (Bloom D) The Bobcat Protection Act of 2013.
Introduced: 2/22/2013
Last Amend: 5/6/2013
Status: 5/15/2013-In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Appropriations suspense file.
Location: 5/15/2013-Assembly Appropriations Suspense File
Summary: Proposes to establish a no-trapping zone around Joshua Tree National Park and to require the State Dept. of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) to prepare a bobcat management plan. If a DFW management plan is not adopted by the Fish and Game Commission by July 1, 2015, a statewide ban on trapping bobcats would take effect.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Richard Bloom
Capitol Office
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0050
Tel: (916) 319-2050
Fax: (916) 319-2150
http://asmdc.org/members/a50/
AB 1230 - (Donnelly R) Mammals: use of dogs to pursue bears and bobcats.
Introduced: 2/22/2013
Last Amend: 3/12/2013
Status: 5/3/2013-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was Water, Parks & Wildlife on 3/13/2013)
Location: 5/3/2013-Assembly 2 year
Summary: Proposes to allow the use of dogs to pursue bears and bobcats.
Position: Support
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Assemblymember Tom Donnelly
assemblymember.donnelly@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
PO Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0033
916-319-2033
916- 319-2133 fax
http://arc.asm.ca.gov/member/AD33/?
AB 1264 - (Conway R) Comprehensive school safety plans: tactical response plans.
Introduced: 2/22/2013
Last Amend: 3/21/2013
Status: 5/3/2013-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was Education on 4/1/2013)
Location: 5/3/2013-Assembly 2 year
Summary: Proposes to establish tactical response plans in response to acts of violence in schools.
Position: Support
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Assemblymember Connie Conway
assemblymember.conway@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 94249
(P) (916) 319-2026
(F) (916) 319-2126
http://arc.asm.ca.gov/member/AD26/Default.aspx
AB 1296 - (Skinner D) Firearms: dealers: forfeiture of license.
Introduced: 2/22/2013
Last Amend: 4/1/2013
Status: 5/1/2013-In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Appropriations suspense file.
Location: 5/1/2013-Assembly Appropriation Suspense File
Summary: Proposes that a person who has been adjudicated as having a mental disorder may not possess a firearm for 10 years from date of release from a mental health facility; this is an increase from the current 5 year prohibition.
Position: Watch
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Assemblymember Nancy Skinner
assemblymember.skinner@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0015
Tel: (916) 319-2015
Fax: (916) 319-2115
http://www.asmdc.org/members/a15/
AJR 5 - (Gomez D) Firearms: assault weapons.
Introduced: 1/17/2013
Status: 3/12/2013-In committee: Hearing cancelled at the request of author.
Location: 1/24/2013-Assembly Public Safety.
Summary: Assembly Joint Resolution in support of Senator Feinstein’s proposed federal legislation to ban semi-auto firearms and high capacity magazines.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Jimmy Gomez
assemblymember.gomez@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0051
Tel: (916) 319-2051
Fax: (916) 319-2151
http://asmdc.org/members/a51/
SB 38 - (De León D) Firearms: prohibited persons.
Introduced: 12/5/2012
Last Amend: 4/11/2013
Status: 5/17/2013-Set for hearing May 23.
Location: 5/13/2013-Senate Appropriations Suspense File
Calendar: 5/23/2013 9:30 a.m. – John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) Senate Appropriations Suspense, De León, Chair
Summary: Proposes to give persons prohibited from possessing firearms a 15-day amnesty period to surrender firearms to local law enforcement without being subject to arrest; civil penalties would be imposed for failure to comply.
Position: Watch
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Assemblymember Kevin De León
senator.deleon@sen.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 5108
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: (916) 651-4022
Fax: (916) 327-8817
http://sd22.senate.ca.gov/
SB 47 - (Yee D) Firearms: assault weapons.
Introduced: 12/18/2012
Last Amend: 3/20/2013
Status: 5/17/2013-Set for hearing May 23.
Location: 5/6/2013-Senate Appropriations Suspense File
Calendar: 5/23/2013 9:30 a.m. – John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) Senate Appropriations Suspense, De León, Chair
Summary: Proposes a ban on centerfire semi-auto firearms equipped with bullet buttons
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Leland Y. Yee
senator.yee@sen.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 4074
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4008
http://sd08.senate.ca.gov/
SB 49 - (Lieu D) School safety plans.
Introduced: 12/19/2012
Last Amend: 5/1/2013
Status: 5/17/2013-Set for hearing May 23.
Location: 5/13/2013-Senate Appropriations Suspense File
Calendar: 5/23/2013 9:30 a.m. – John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) Senate Appropriations Suspense, De León, Chair
Summary: Proposes to publish, on the internet, the name of each school found not to be in compliance in maintaining an updated school safety plan.
Position: Support
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Assemblymember Ted W. Lieu
senator.liu@sen.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 4061
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4028
Fax: (916) 323-6056
http://sd28.senate.ca.gov/
SB 53 - (De León D) Ammunition: purchase permits.
Introduced: 12/20/2012
Last Amend: 4/1/2013
Status: 5/17/2013-Set for hearing May 23.
Location: 5/6/2013-Senate Appropriations Suspense File
Calendar: 5/23/2013 9:30 a.m. – John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) Senate Appropriations Suspense, De León, Chair
Summary: Proposes to require purchasers to obtain an annual permit, issued by the Department of Justice, to purchase ammunition and limit purchases to face-to-face transactions, which would ban mail order and internet sales of ammunition.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Kevin deLeon
senator.deleon@sen.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 5108
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: (916) 651-4022
Fax: (916) 327-8817
http://sd22.senate.ca.gov/
SB 108 - (Yee D) Firearms: lending and residential storage.
Introduced: 1/14/2013
Last Amend: 4/1/2013
Status: 4/30/2013-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Location: 4/30/2013-Senate Third Reading
Calendar: 5/16/2013 #39 Senate Senate Bills-Third Reading File
Summary: Proposes that firearms owners abide by mandatory firearms storage requirements in their residence when they are outside of or away from their residence; safe storage includes a gun safe or a trigger locking device.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Leland Y. Yee
senator.yee@sen.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 4074
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4008
http://sd08.senate.ca.gov/
SB 127 - (Gaines R) Firearms: mentally disordered persons: possession.
Introduced: 1/22/2013
Last Amend: 5/6/2013
Status: 5/20/2013-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 5/20/2013-Assembly Desk
Summary: Proposes to require licensed psychotherapists to electronically notify local law enforcement, within 24 hours, of the identity of a patient who makes a threat of violence against another person; local law enforcement would be required to notify the Department of Justice within 24 hours upon receipt of notification from a licensed psychotherapist.
Position: Support
Contact: senator.gaines@senate.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 3070
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4001
Fax: (916) 324-2680
http://cssrc.us/web/1/
SB 140 - (Leno D) Firearms: prohibited persons.
Introduced: 1/29/2013
Last Amend: 4/11/2013
Status: 5/1/2013-Chaptered by Secretary of State – Chapter No. 2, Statutes of 2013
Location: 5/1/2013-Senate Chaptered
Summary: Proposes to allow the Department of Justice to use background check fees for purposes other than background checks.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Mark Leno
senator.leno@sen.ca.gov
Capitol Office
Phone: (916) 651-4011
Fax: (916) 445-4722
State Capitol, Room 5100
Sacramento, CA 95814
http://sd11.senate.ca.gov/
SB 175 - (Fuller R) State game refuges: possession of weapons.
Introduced: 2/6/2013
Status: 5/10/2013-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(3). (Last location was Natural resources & Water on 2/14/2013)
Location: 5/10/2013-Senate 2 year
Summary: Proposes to allow persons licensed to carry a concealed handgun to carry in a game refuge for self-protection.
Position: CRPA Cosponsored Support
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Assemblymember Jean Fuller
senator.fuller@sen.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 3063
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4018
Fax: (916) 322-3304
http://cssrc.us/web/18/contact_me.aspx
SB 210 - (Hancock D) Criminal procedure: release on defendant’s own recognizance.
Introduced: 2/11/2013
Status: 5/10/2013-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(3). (Last location was Public Safety on 2/21/2013)
Location: 5/10/2013-Senate 2 year
Summary: Proposes to allow the court to impose any reasonable conditions it deems appropriate in felony cases to ensure public safety when considering releasing a defendant on his own recognizance.
Position: Watch
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Assemblymember Loni Hancock
senator.hancock@sen.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 2082
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4009
Fax: (916) 327-1997
http://sd09.senate.ca.gov/
SB 293 - (DeSaulnier D) Firearms: owner-authorized handguns.
Introduced: 2/14/2013
Status: 5/17/2013-Set for hearing May 23.
Location: 4/29/2013-Senate Appropriations Suspense File
Calendar: 5/23/2013 9:30 a.m. – John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) Senate Appropriations Suspense, De León, Chair
Summary: Proposes to require any new handguns sold in California to be equipped with owner recognition technology.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Mark DeSaulnier
senator.desaulnier@sen.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 5035
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4007
Fax: (916) 445-2527
http://sd07.senate.ca.gov/
SB 299 - (DeSaulnier D) Firearms: lost or stolen: reports.
Introduced: 2/15/2013
Last Amend: 4/10/2013
Status: 4/30/2013-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Location: 4/30/2013-Senate Third Reading
Calendar: 5/16/2013 #42 Senate Senate Bills-Third Reading File
Summary: Proposes to require reporting a lost or stolen firearm to local law enforcement within 48 hours from when the owner knew or reasonably should have known the firearm was lost or stolen.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Mark DeSaulnier
senator.desaulnier@sen.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 5035
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4007
Fax: (916) 445-2527
http://sd07.senate.ca.gov/
SB 363 - (Wright D) Firearms: storage: prohibited persons.
Introduced: 2/20/2013
Last Amend: 4/22/2013
Status: 5/16/2013-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 5/16/2013-Assembly Desk.
Summary: Proposes safe storage requirement if a prohibited person resides in the residence with a lawful firearm owner. Proposes to allow firearms manufactures to pay annual fees, on January 1 of each year, (rather than throughout the year)to maintain firearms on the DOJ list of approved handguns.
Position: Watch
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Assemblymember Roderick D. Wright
senator.wright@sen.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 2032
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4035
Fax: (916) 445-3712
http://sd35.senate.ca.gov/
SB 374 - (Steinberg D) Firearms: assault weapons.
Introduced: 2/20/2013
Status: 5/6/2013-Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
Location: 5/6/2013-Senate Appropriations Suspense File
Summary: Proposes to ban the sale of all semi-auto rifles with any detachable magazine and rifles with fixed or tubular magazines over 10 rounds.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Darrell Steinberg
senator.steinberg@sen.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 205
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4006
Fax: (916) 323-2263
SB 392 - (Berryhill R) Fish and Game Code: violations.
Introduced: 2/20/2013
Last Amend: 5/2/2013
Status: 5/21/2013-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Location: 5/21/2013-Senate Third Reading
Calendar: 5/23/2013 #53 Senate Senate Bills-Third Reading File
Summary: Proposes to exempt limits on game birds held in home freezers or locker facilities from hunter field-possession limits.
Position: Support
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Assemblymember Tom Berryhill
senator.berryhill@sen.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 3076
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4014
Fax: (916) 327-3523
http://cssrc.us/web/14/contact_me.aspx
SB 396 - (Hancock D) Firearms: magazine capacity.
Introduced: 2/20/2013
Last Amend: 5/15/2013
Status: 5/17/2013-Set for hearing May 23.
Location: 5/15/2013-Senate Appropriations Suspense File
Calendar: 5/23/2013 9:30 a.m. – John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) Senate Appropriations Suspense, De León, Chair
Summary: Proposes to ban all magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, regardless of the date acquired.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Loni Hancock
senator.hancock@sen.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 2082
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4009
Fax: (916) 327-1997
http://sd09.senate.ca.gov/
SB 475 - (Leno D) Agricultural District 1-A: firearm sales at the Cow Palace.
Introduced: 2/21/2013
Status: 5/2/2013-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Location: 5/2/2013-Assembly Desk
Summary: Proposes to allow the County of San Mateo and County and the City of San Francisco to ban gun shows at the San Francisco Cow Palace facility.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Mark Leno
senator.leno@sen.ca.gov
Capitol Office
Phone: (916) 651-4011
Fax: (916) 445-4722
State Capitol, Room 5100
Sacramento, CA 95814
http://sd11.senate.ca.gov/
SB 567 - (Jackson D) Firearms: shotguns.
Introduced: 2/22/2013
Last Amend: 5/1/2013
Status: 5/17/2013-Set for hearing May 23.
Location: 5/6/2013-Senate Appropriations Suspense File
Calendar: 5/23/2013 9:30 a.m. – John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) Senate Appropriations Suspense, De León, Chair
Summary: Proposes to redefine the current definition of a shotgun.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Hannah-Beth Jackson
senator.jackson@sen.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 5080
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4019
http://sd19.senate.ca.gov/
SB 644 - (Cannella R) Firearms: felons in possession: serious felonies.
Introduced: 2/22/2013
Last Amend: 5/13/2013
Status: 5/21/2013-Set for hearing May 23.
Location: 5/20/2013-Senate Appropriations Suspense File
Calendar: 5/23/2013 9:30 a.m. – John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) Senate Appropriations Suspense, De León, Chair
Summary: Proposes to increase penalties for persons committing crimes while in possession of a firearm.
Position: Support
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Senator Anthony Canella
senator.canella@sen.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 3048
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4012
Fax: (916) 445-0773
http://district12.cssrc.us/
SB 683 - (Block D) Firearms: used firearms.
Introduced: 2/22/2013
Last Amend: 4/1/2013
Status: 5/17/2013-Set for hearing May 23.
Location: 5/6/2013-Senate Appropriations Suspense File
Calendar: 5/23/2013 9:30 a.m. – John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) Senate Appropriations Suspense, De León, Chair
Summary: : Proposes to require any person receiving a firearm to possess a valid firearms safety certificate.
Position: Watch
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Assemblymember Marty Block
senator.block@sen.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 4090
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4039
http://sd39.senate.ca.gov/
SB 755 - (Wolk D) Firearms: prohibited persons.
Introduced: 2/22/2013
Last Amend: 5/7/2013
Status: 5/17/2013-Set for hearing May 23.
Location: 5/7/2013-Senate Appropriations Suspense File
Calendar: 5/23/2013 9:30 a.m. – John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) Senate Appropriations Suspense, De León, Chair
Summary: Proposes to expand the list of misdemeanor convictions prohibiting firearms possession.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Lois Wolk
senator.wolk@sen.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 5114
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4003
Fax: (916) 323-2304
E-mail: senator.wolk@ senate.ca.gov
http://sd03.senate.ca.gov/
SJR 1 - (Wolk D) Firearms control.
Introduced: 1/18/2013
Status: 4/11/2013-Referred to Committee on Public Safety.
Location: 4/11/2013-Assembly Public Safety.
Summary: Senate Joint Resolution in support of Senator Feinstein’s proposed federal legislation to ban semi-auto firearms and high capacity magazines and require universal background checks.
Position: Oppose
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Assemblymember Lois Wolk
senator.wolk@sen.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 5114
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4003
Fax: (916) 323-2304
E-mail: senator.wolk@ senate.ca.gov
http://sd03.senate.ca.gov/
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