Bill Text: CA SB965 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Firearms.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Enrolled) 2024-08-29 - In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. [SB965 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB965-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
May 16, 2024 |
Introduced by Senator Min |
January 24, 2024 |
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 11108.3 of the Penal Code is amended to read:11108.3.
(a) In addition to the requirements of Section 11108.2 that apply to a law enforcement agency’s duty to report to the Department of Justice the recovery of a firearm, a law enforcement agency described in Section 11108.2 shall, and any other law enforcement agency or agent, including but not limited to a federal or tribal law enforcement agency or agent, may, report to the department in a manner determined by the Attorney General in consultation with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives all available information necessary to identify and trace the history of all recovered firearms that are illegally possessed, have been used in a crime, or are suspected of having been used in a crime, within seven calendar days of obtaining the information.(g)
(a)The Department of Justice shall, by no later than August 15, 2025, prepare and submit a report to the Legislature containing and summarizing all of the information described in subdivision (c) from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2024, inclusive.
(b)The department shall annually thereafter, by August 15 of each year, prepare and submit a report to the Legislature containing and summarizing all of the information described in subdivision (c) from the previous calendar year.
(c)The reports described in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall contain all of the following information from the applicable time period:
(1)The
department’s staffing levels for conducting firearms dealer inspections pursuant to Section 26720 and ammunition vendor inspections pursuant to Section 30345, to include both allocated positions and filled positions.
(2)The number of firearms dealer inspections conducted and, for each inspection, all of the following information:
(A)The name of the dealer.
(B)The dealer’s license number.
(C)The business address of the dealer.
(D)The number of hours spent to complete the inspection.
(E)A list of violations identified through the inspection, whether those violations were subsequently resolved and, if so, the date they
were resolved, and any fines or penalties assessed.
(F)The date of reinspection, if applicable, and any violations identified during reinspection.
(G)The dates of any prior inspections.
(H)The number of DROS background checks submitted by the dealer during the one-year period prior to the inspection, and the outcome of those background checks.
(I)The total number of firearms used in crimes that were traced back to the dealer during the one-year period prior to the inspection, and the percentage of total sales by the dealer in the same period of time that the traced firearms represent.
(J)The number of firearms that the dealer reported or discovered lost or stolen during the one-year
period prior to the inspection.
(3)The number of ammunition vendor inspections conducted and, for each inspection, all of the following information:
(A)The name of the vendor.
(B)The vendor’s license number.
(C)The business address of the vendor.
(D)The number of hours spent to complete the inspection.
(E)A list of violations identified through the inspection, whether those violations were subsequently resolved and, if so, the date they were resolved, and any fines or penalties assessed.
(F)The date of reinspection, if applicable, and any violations
identified during reinspection.
(G)The dates of any prior inspections.
(H)The number of ammunition purchaser background checks submitted by the vendor during the one-year period prior to the inspection, and the outcome of those background checks.
(I)The amount of ammunition that the vendor reported or discovered lost or stolen during the one-year period prior to the inspection.
(4)All of the following information regarding the roster of handguns that have been determined not to be unsafe handguns, described in Section 32015:
(A)The total number of handguns on the roster.
(B)The number of handguns added to the roster
during the applicable time period.
(C)The number of handguns removed from the roster during the applicable time period, including the reasons for removal.
(D)The number of handguns that were denied approval to be listed on the roster during the applicable time period, including the reasons for denial.
(d)The reports required by subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.