Bill Text: CA AB1927 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Firearms: prohibition: voluntary list.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2018-09-26 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB1927 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB1927-Enrolled.html
Enrolled
August 27, 2018 |
Passed
IN
Senate
August 24, 2018 |
Passed
IN
Assembly
May 30, 2018 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
May 25, 2018 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 14, 2018 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill | No. 1927 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Bonta (Coauthors: Assembly Members Chiu and Gonzalez Fletcher) |
January 24, 2018 |
An act to add and repeal Section 29880 of the Penal Code, relating to firearms.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1927, Bonta.
Firearms: prohibition: voluntary list.
Existing law makes possession of a firearm by certain classes of persons, including a convicted felon, a person convicted of specified misdemeanors, a person has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial, a person has been found not guilty of specified crimes by reason of insanity, or a person has been placed under conservatorship, a crime. Existing law additionally makes it a crime to sell or give possession of a firearm to these classes of persons prohibited from owning a firearm.
Existing law requires the Department of Justice, upon submission of firearm purchaser information by a licensed firearm dealer, to examine its records to determine whether a potential firearm purchaser is prohibited by state or federal law from possessing, receiving, owning, or purchasing a firearm. Existing law requires the department to participate in the
National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
This bill would require the Department of Justice to study options for allowing a person to register himself or herself on a list or database that prohibits the person from being able to purchase a firearm. The bill would require the department to recommend an approach to allow a person to prohibit himself or herself from purchasing a firearm. The bill would require the department to report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than January 1, 2020.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 29880 is added to the Penal Code, to read:29880.
(a) The Department of Justice shall study options for allowing a person to register himself or herself on a list or database that prohibits the person from being able to purchase a firearm. The department shall recommend an approach to allow a person to prohibit himself or herself from purchasing a firearm.(b) The department shall provide a report of its findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than January 1, 2020.
(c) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2024.