Bill Text: CA AB28 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 28

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Bill Title: Firearms and ammunition: excise tax.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 46-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-09-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 231, Statutes of 2023. [AB28 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB28-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 28

Introduced by Assembly Member Gabriel
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Berman, McCarty, Santiago, and Wicks)
(Coauthor: Senator Wiener)

December 05, 2022

An act relating to firearms.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 28, as introduced, Gabriel. Firearms: gun violence protection tax.

Existing law imposes various taxes, including taxes on the privilege of engaging in certain activities. The Fee Collection Procedures Law, the violation of which is a crime, provides procedures for the collection of certain fees and surcharges.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would enact a tax to fund measures to protect against gun violence on firearms and ammunition.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would enact a tax to fund measures to protect against gun violence on firearms and ammunition purchased.