Bill Text: CA SB257 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Firearms: prohibited persons.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-08-30 - August 30 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. [SB257 Detail]

Download: California-2019-SB257-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 257

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Introduced by Senator Nielsen

February 12, 2019

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An act to add Section 29880 to the Penal Code, relating to firearms.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 257, as introduced, Nielsen. Firearms: prohibited persons.

Existing law makes it a crime for certain persons to own, purchase, receive, or possess a firearm, including, among other persons, persons convicted of a felony, persons who are addicted to the use of a narcotic drug, persons convicted of specified violent offenses, persons who have been adjudicated by a court of any state to be a danger to others as a result of a mental disorder or mental illness, and persons who have been admitted to a facility, are receiving inpatient treatment, and, in the opinion of the attending health professional who is primarily responsible for the patient’s treatment, are a danger to themselves or others.

This bill would require the Department of Justice, if the department determines that a person prohibited from owning, purchasing, receiving, or possessing a firearm by the provisions described above has attempted to acquire a firearm, to notify the local law enforcement agency with primary jurisdiction over the area in which the person was last known to reside.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 29880 is added to the Penal Code, immediately following Section 29875, to read:

29880.

 If the Department of Justice determines that a person prohibited from owning, purchasing, receiving, or possessing a firearm by this chapter, Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 29900), or Section 8100 or 8103 of the Welfare and Institutions Code has attempted to acquire a firearm, the department shall notify the local law enforcement agency with primary jurisdiction over the area in which the person was last known to reside.