2020 CALIFORNIA BILLS

BRADY CALIFORNIA SUPPORTED FIREARMS BILLS IN 2020 A

The Brady California Website has the list of the priority bills.  Each bill is hyperlinked to the California Legislature Website to provide more information about the bills, including the text, amendments and bill analysis.

Fact Sheets for some bills are listed on the Brady California website.
Please click HERE to access the Brady California Website.

To see how the Orange County legislators voted on priority bills, 

please go to the "OC VOTES ON BILLS" page on this blog.   See below for other bills of interest with OC legislators' floor votes.

                                                                                                                                                                

  AB 2847  (CHIU) STRENTHENING THE UNSAFE HANDGUN ACT

                 Strengthens California's Unsafe Handgun Act (UHA) to ensure that new firearms are introduced that incorporate micro stamping technology (to identify shooters) and comply with the UHA's other safety requirements, including a chamber load indicator and magazine disconnect mechanism (to prevent unintentional shootings).  PRIORITY

AB 2061 (LIMÓN)  FIREARMS:  INSPECTIONS 

                AB 2061 will allow the California Department of Justice to inspect firearms dealers, ammunition vendors, or manufacturers participating in a gun show or event in order to ensure that all transfers or sales are conducted in compliance with applicable state and local laws.

                 

AB 2362   (MURATSUCHI)  FIREARMS DEALERS:  CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

                  AB 2362 will allow the California Department of Justice to impose fines on firearm sellers for violations to ensure that gun dealers engage in safe and responsible business practices.

                    8-29-20    Senate Floor                        PASS 26-11  NVR  8

                    Ayes: Archulta, Umberg

                    Noes:  Bates, Chang, Moorlach

                    8-30-20    Assembly Floor                  PASS:  53-18 NVR 8

                    Ayes:  Daly, Petrie, Quirk-Silva

                    Noes:  Brough, Chen, Choi, Diep

                    SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR

SB 723  (JONES)  FIREARMS:  PROHIBITED PERSONS

              Current law makes it a crime for a person to own or possess a firearm if the person has an outstanding warrant for a felony or a warrant for one of several specified misdemeanors.  Current law makes these crimes inapplicable to a person who did not have knowledge of the outstanding warrant.  This bill would expressly clarify that this crime is committed if the person has an outstanding warrant for a felonly or specified misdemeanor and has knowledge of the outstanding warrant.

            1-21-20        Senate Floor                        PASS        38-0     NVR 1

            Ayes:  Archuleta, Bates, Moorlach, Umberg

            NVR:  Chang

            8-30-20       Assembly Floor                     PASS       75-0  NVR 4

            Ayes:  Brough, Chen, Choi, Daly, Diep, Petrie-Norris, Quirk-Silva

            SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR

SB 941  (PORTANTINO)  FIREARMS HUNTING EXEMPTION

              SB 914 will require the California Department of Justice and gun dealers to confirm the validity of hunting licenses for rifle buyers younger that 21 during the 10-day waiting period.  This bill was introduced in direct response to the 2019 mass shooting in Poway, where a teenage shooter obtained a firearm with an invalid hunting license.

              8-30-20    Assembly Floor                         PASS 53-19 NVR 7

              Ayes:  Daly, Petrie-Norris, Quirk-Silva       

              Noes:  Brough, Choi, Diep

              NVR:  Chen

              8-31-20    Senate Floor                                PASS 29-10  NVR 1

              Ayes:  Archuleta, Umberg

              Noes:  Bates, Chang, Moorlach

               COVID HOLD

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2019 GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION BILLS

END OF YEAR ROUND-UP

 The following bills supported by Brady California were signed into law by Governor Newsom:

1.      AB 61 (Ting) - expands GVRO petitioners to include work colleagues and school personnel

2.      AB 164 (Cervantes) – creates CA prohibition for out of state restraining orders

3.      AB 339 (Irwin) - requires local law enforcement to establish GVRO policies and standards

4.      AB 521 (Berman) – requires UC Firearm Research Center to develop education and training

                programs for health care providers on preventing firearm-related harm

5.      AB 645 (Irwin) - requires gun dealer signage showing suicide prevention hotline

6.      AB 879 (Gipson) - regulates ghost gun precursor parts

7.      AB 1292 (Bauer-Kahan) – clarifies firearm transfer by operation of law provisions and

                exceptions to a decedent’s personal representative, trustee or power of attorney

8.      AB 1297 (McCarty) – requires CCW permit fees to cover cost of issuance/enforcement

9.      AB 1493 (Ting) - provides for voluntary GVRO/firearm relinquishment

10.    AB 1603 ((Wicks) - codifies CalVIP

11.    AB 1669 (Bonta) - raises DROS Fee, extends dealer requirements at gun shows to ammo sellers

12.    SB  61 (Portantino) - one semi-auto centerfire rifle purchase allowed within 30 days; eliminates 

               hunting exemption for semi-auto rifle purchase by a person under age 21

13.   SB  172 (Portantino) – strengthens storage laws to include unloaded weapons and long guns; 

              violations will carry a ten year prohibition

14.   SB  376 (Portantino)  - extends infrequent dealer licensing provisions to long guns, limits 

               manufacturing of firearms

Other bills signed:

1.     AB 12 (Irwin) - changes the duration of a GVRO from one year to a period of time between one

              to 5 years

2.     AB 893 (Gloria) - prohibits the sale of firearms and ammunition at the Del Mar Fairgrounds

               property

Bills vetoed:

1.      AB 166 (Gabriel) - Medi-Cal reimbursement for violence prevention services conducted by

               Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs

2.      AB 340 (Irwin) -  creates a grant program for four counties to investigate and remove weapons 

                from prohibited persons to address the APPS backlog

3.      AB 1009 (Gabriel) - encourages reporting of various firearm transactions and voluntary 

                registration via the California Firearms Application Reporting System (CFARS)

 Thank you for adding your voice for the prevention of gun violence via sound public policy.  Below is a sample generic letter of support from an organization.

SAMPLE GENERIC SUPPORT LETTER FROM YOUR ORGANIZATION

LETTERS ARE REQUIRED TO BE WRITTEN ON

YOUR LETTERHEAD

(DATE)

The Honorable (FULL NAME) California State Assembly (OR SENATE)

VIA FAX:  (916)  (FAX NUMBER OF THE AUTHOR OF THE BILL- LISTED ON THE FIRST PAGE OF OUR BLOG)

Re:  AB (or SB) - NUMBER OF BILL - AND NAME OF BILL    Position:     Strongly Support 

Dear Assembly Member (OR SENATOR)(AND THEIR LAST NAME): 

I am writing on behalf of (YOUR ORGANIZATION)  (GIVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION )  We strongly support Assembly (OR SENATE) Bill (BILL NUMBER)  because (BRIEF DESCRIPTION ABOUT THE BILL AND/OR IT WILL SAVE LIVES/PROVIDE FOR SAFER COMMUNITIES/PROTECT OUR FAMILIES, CHILDREN, ETC.) 

(ADD A FEW SENTENCES THAT ARE REFLECTED IN THE PRESS RELEASE AND/OR FACT SHEET PROVIDED ABOUT THE BILL.)  

Therefore (NAME OF YOUR ORGANIZATION), is pleased to support (BILL NUMBER OR NAME) and thank you for your authorship of this important bill that will protect families and communities from the danger of gun violence (OR OTHER ENDING STATEMENT THAT SHOWS YOUR APPRECIATION AND SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL)

Sincerely,
NAME AND TITLE

REMEMBER THE IMPORTANT POINT OF YOUR LETTER IS TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE BILL.  THE NAME OF YOUR ORGANIZATION WILL BE LISTED IN THE INFORMATION THAT WILL BE SEEN BY THOSE WHO WILL BE VOTING ON THE BILL.  YOUR LETTER IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS TO GET STRONG AND EFFECTIVE LEGISLATION PASSED IN CALIFORNIA THAT WILL PREVENT GUN DEATHS AND INJURIES.  THANK YOU!