Bill Text: CA SB54 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Venture capital companies: reporting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 594, Statutes of 2023. [SB54 Detail]

Download: California-2023-SB54-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 54

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Introduced by Senator Skinner

December 06, 2022

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An act to amend Section 23645 of the Penal Code, relating to firearms.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 54, as introduced, Skinner. Firearms.

Existing law requires any firearm sold, transferred, or manufactured in this state to include certain firearm safety devices and the packaging of any firearm and any descriptive material that accompany any firearm to bear a label with a specified warning statement. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions punishable by a fine on the first offense, a fine and prohibition from the manufacturing or selling of firearms in this state for 30 days on the second offense, and a permanent prohibition from the manufacturing or selling of firearms in this state on the third offense.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 23645 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

23645.

 (a) Any violation of Section 23635 or Section 23640 is punishable by a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(b) On a second violation of any of those sections, a licensed firearm manufacturer shall be ineligible to manufacture, or a licensed firearm dealer shall be ineligible to sell, firearms in this the state for 30 days, and shall be punished by a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(c) (1) On a third violation of any of those sections, a firearm manufacturer shall be permanently ineligible to manufacture firearms in this the state.

(2) On a third violation of any of those sections, a licensed firearm dealer shall be permanently ineligible to sell firearms in this the state.