Don't think that SCI (Safari Club Int.) and other pro-gun and pro-hunting advocates have a lot on there plate.....This is JUST the May 2016 agenda....And I condensed the bills down to a 1/4 of what they say...... :-[
SCI HUNTER ORANGE REPORT
California Chapters
May, 2016
Hot Topics in This Report
FGC Commission Appointments and Vacancies
Trappers Re-petition Commission on Bobcat Ban – Heading to Court
Newsom Ballot Proposal on Ammunition Registration
Hot Firearms and Conservation LegislationHot Topics in This Report
FGC Commission Appointments and Vacancies
Trappers Re-petition Commission on Bobcat Ban – Heading to Court
Newsom Ballot Proposal on Ammunition Registration
Hot Firearms and Conservation Legislation
FISH AND GAME COMMISSION
The California Fish and Game Commission is composed of five members (there are currently three members and two vacancies:
Eric Sklar, President – Mr. Sklar was appointed on June 18, 2015 and his term expires on January 15, 2017. He must be confirmed by the State Senate by July 5, 2016. Confirmation hearing tentatively scheduled in Senate Rules Committee on May 11, 2016.
Jacque Hostler-Carmesin, Vice-President – Ms. Hostler-Carmesin was appointed on June 4, 2013 and her term expires on January 15, 2019. Anthony Williams – Mr. Williams was appointed on June 18, 2015 and his term expires on January 15, 2021. He must be confirmed by the State Senate by July 5, 2016. Confirmation hearing tentatively scheduled in Senate Rules Committee on May 11, 2016.
Two positions are vacant (Jack Baylis’s term expired January 15, 2016; Jim Kellogg resigned December 29, 2016) two years before his term was up out of frustration with the commission.
SCI is opposing the appointments of Commissioners Sklar and Williams. At their first commission meeting in August 2015, both commissioners voted for a statewide ban on bobcat trapping against the recommendation of the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s own biologists. This vote went against science, and they sent a signal about how they would manage the resources on their first day on the job. This was a political vote and demonstrated they are political rather than science-based appointees.
Executive Director Position OpenSonke Mastrup resigned his position as Executive Director of the Fish and Game Commission effective December 31, 2015 after serving in this capacity since July 28, 2011.
Currently Michael Yaun, Legal Counsel, is serving as Acting Executive Director. He previously served with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission as Deputy General Counsel (2008-2015), Senior Attorney (2006-2008), and Staff Attorney (2002-2006).
New Wildlife Resources Committee Consultant
Erin Chappell became the Wildlife Science Advisor for the Fish and Game Commission in January 2016 and works closely with the Predator Policy Workgroup. Prior to taking this position, Ms. Chappell served at the California Department of Water Resources as Staff Environmental Scientist (November 1997-December 2015) and at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife as Scientific Aide (September 1994-November 1997).
Currently Michael Yaun, Legal Counsel, is serving as Acting Executive Director. He previously served with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission as Deputy General Counsel (2008-2015), Senior Attorney (2006-2008), and Staff Attorney (2002-2006).
New Wildlife Resources Committee Consultant
Erin Chappell became the Wildlife Science Advisor for the Fish and Game Commission in January 2016 and works closely with the Predator Policy Workgroup. Prior to taking this position, Ms. Chappell served at the California Department of Water Resources as Staff Environmental Scientist (November 1997-December 2015) and at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife as Scientific Aide (September 1994-November 1997).
FISH AND GAME COMMISSION
Wildlife Resources Committee
Work Plan Development – The Wildlife Resources Committee will work on development of its Work Plan which includes (1) Updating the Predator Policy Workgroup, (2) Updating the work plan and draft timeline, and (3)discussing and approving new topics.
Planned rulemakings referred to the Wildlife Resources Committee in 2015 and ongoing for 2016 are (a) Predator management policy review; (b) One year versus calendar term fishing license; (c) Feral pig management; and (d) Possession of game for processing into food [Section 3080(e), Fish and Game Code].
The first Wildlife Resources Committee meeting in 2016 (January 20 in Sacramento) was cancelled. The next meeting is scheduled for May 18, 2016 (Agenda).
Predator Policy Workgroup Meeting, February 24, 2016
The Predator Policy Workgroup of the Wildlife Resources Committee met on February 24, 2016 in Sacramento (Agenda, Meeting Summary). This was an organizational meeting and concentrated on (1) establishing basic operating rules, procedures and guiding principles, (2) drafting workgroup scope and objectives, and (3) selecting future meeting dates. The Workgroup also met on April 26 in Sacramento (Agenda) and continued the organizational process.
BOBCAT REGULATION UPDATE
California Trappers Re-Petition Commission on Bobcat Ban
The California Trappers Association (CTA) re-petitioned the Fish and Game Commission on January 28, 2016 concerning the adoption of regulations banning bobcat trapping in California.
CTA made a presentation at the April 14, 2016 Fish and Game Commission meeting as part of its efforts to encourage the Commission to reopen and reconsider all of the impacts of its adopted regulations banning bobcat trapping. The petition was denied in a 2-1 vote (Commissioners Sklar and Williams voted against the petition; Commissioner Hostler-Carmesin voted in favor of it. Sportsmen wanted an aye vote on this issue.
LEAD UPDATE
Implementation of the ban on lead ammunition occurs in three phases:
The first phase began on July 1, 2015 – nonlead ammunition will be required when hunting on all California Department of Fish ananywhere in California. The DFW posted an informational warning to hunters, informing them that the first phase of the lead ammunition ban began on July 1st.
Additional phase-out of lead ammunition used for hunting will begin on July 1, 2016 when nonlead ammunition will be required when hunting with shotguns for upland game birds (except for dove, quail and snipe), small game mammals, fur-bearing mammals, and nongame birds, except when hunting at licensed game bird clubs. Nonlead ammunition will also be required when taking wildlife for depredation purposes.
Beginning on July 1, 2019 nonlead ammunition will be required for hunters taking any animal anywhere in the state for any purpose.
Nonlead ammunition – At the April Commission meeting, the department presented an update on the implementation of AB 711 (Chapter 742, Statutes of 2013) and presented a request to publish notice of intent to establish a nonlead ammunition coupon program was discussed (Meeting documents). There will be further discussion concerning opposition of nonlead ammunition in the future. NSSF opposes the approach being taken by the department with this program and the use of Pittman-Robertson funds.
AB 96 (IVORY) ENFORCEMENT
NEWSOM ANTI-GUN PROPOSAL FOR THE BALLOT
The Safety for All Act of 2016 (Initiative No. 15-0098) was introduced by Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom and reached the 25% point of gathering signatures on February 11, 2016 (the deadline is June 28, 2016 (365,880 signatures are required). This initiative would
Increase restrictions on obtaining ammunition for the general public and
Prohibit possession of large capacity magazines
Exemptions currently in place remain largely unchanged for the law enforcement community; however, off-duty and retired peace officers would face additional restrictions in regard to their possession of large capacity magazines and the purchase of ammunition for personal use.
Increased regulations are likely to cause increased costs on ammunition purchase.
Governor Brown has suggested that he has concerns about using ballot measures to strengthen California’s already stringent gun control laws: “My reaction is that the Legislature has been responsive on this whole matter of regulating and controlling the use of guns. Now, when you do an initiative it tends to get more rigid.” If the Newsom gun measure qualifies for the November 2016 ballot, Governor Brown says that the legislature “might have a chance to rework it in a way that would both enhance public safety, but also . . . pay due regard to people’s rights under the constitution.”
The California Fish & Game Wardens’ Association jointed the opposition against the initiative on March 13, 2016 (letter). The Assembly and Senate Public Safety Committees will hold a joint hearing on the initiative on May 3; Kathy Lynch has been invited to testify in opposition.
BIG GAME MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
The public solicitation notice for Big Game Management Account grant proposals for Fiscal Year 2016-17 (beginning 7/1/16) is posted online. The notice provides guidance on the application process aimed at simplifying the grant process. Kathy Lynch serves on the committee which last met on April 28, 2016.
Big Game Management Account project updates are updated on the Department website.
BIG GAME TAG QUOTA RECOMMENDATIONS
The Department of Fish and Wildlife has issued their recommended final tag quota for the 2016 big game hunting season (Document, p. 40). This will be discussed at the Big Game Advisory Committee of which Kathy is a member.
PENDING LEGISLATIVE BILLS OF INTEREST
The deadline for introducing new bills for the 2016 legislative session was February 19, 2016. SCI has 131 bills in its bill file.
Kathy is a member.
PENDING LEGISLATIVE BILLS OF INTEREST
The deadline for introducing new bills for the 2016 legislative session was February 19, 2016. SCI has 131 bills in its bill file.
Legislative Bills of Interest:
AB 1663 (Chiu) Firearms: assault weapons – This bill would classify a semiautomatic centerfire rifle that does not have a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept no more than 10 rounds as an assault weapon.
AB 1664 (Levine) Firearms: assault weapons – This bill would define "detachable magazine" to mean an ammunition feeding device that can be removed readily from the firearm without disassembly of the firearm action, including an ammunition feeding device that can be removed readily from the firearm with the use of a tool.
AB 1673 (Gipson) Firearms: unfinished frame or receiver – Current law defines the term "firearm" for various regulatory purposes, including the requirement that firearms be transferred by or through a licensed firearms dealer, the requirement of a 10-day waiting period prior to delivery of a firearm by a dealer, the requirement that firearm purchasers be subject to a background check, and the prohibition Committee.
AB 1664 (Levine) Firearms: assault weapons – This bill would define "detachable magazine" to mean an ammunition feeding device that can be removed readily from the firearm without disassembly of the firearm action, including an ammunition feeding device that can be removed readily from the firearm with the use of a tool.
AB 1673 (Gipson) Firearms: unfinished frame or receiver – Current law defines the term "firearm" for various regulatory purposes, including the requirement that firearms be transferred by or through a licensed firearms dealer, the requirement of a 10-day waiting period prior to delivery of a firearm by a dealer, the requirement that firearm
AB 1695 (Bonta) Firearms: notice to purchasers: false reports of stolen firearms – This bill would make it a misdemeanor to report to a local law enforcement agency that a firearm has been lost or stolen, knowing that report to be false. The bill would also make it a misdemeanor for a person convicted of violating this provision to own a
AB 1776 (Obernolte) Hazardous waste: disposal: exemption –
AB 1792 (Wood) Elk tags: federally recognized Indian tribes – This bill would require the commission, upon request, to engage in consultation with individual federally recognized Indian tribes in California regarding elk management issues.
AB 1869 (Melendez) Theft: firearms – The current Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, enacted makes the theft of property that does not exceed $950 in value petty theft, and makes that crime punishable as a misdemeanor, with certain exceptions.
AB 2229 (Grove) Firearms – This bill would require a firearms dealer to immediately release a firearm to a recipient who is not prohibited from possessing, receiving, owning or purchasing a firearm if the person is authorized to carry a concealed firearm, possesses a valid Certificate of Eligibility or owns a firearm registered with the department. SCI college'
AB 2369 (Patterson) Proposition 47: repeat offenses within 12 months – This bill would authorize the prosecution to charge a person with a felony if the person has been previously convicted 2 or more times of the crimes reduced to a misdemeanor by Proposition 47 or, if the crime being prosecuted is petty theft, when the person had been convicted of specified other crimes.
AB 2459 (McCarty) Firearms dealers: conduct of business – Current law regulates licensed firearms dealers and provides that a license is subject to forfeiture for a breach of specified prohibitions in existing law. This bill would
AB 2478 (Melendez) Firearms: violations – Current law prohibits specified persons from owning, purchasing, receiving, or having in his or her possession any firearm. Current law prohibits a person, corporation, or firm from
AB 2508 (Mathis) Firearms: unsafe handguns – Current law requires the Department of Justice to maintain a roster listing the handguns that have been tested and have been determined not to be unsafe. This bill would allow a .
AB 2607 (Ting) Firearm restraining orders – Current law authorizes a court to issue an ex parte gun violence restraining order prohibiting the subject from having in his or her custody or control, owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving, or attempting to purchase or receive, a firearm or ammunition when it is shown that there is a substantial likelihood that the subject of the petition poses a significant danger of harm to himself or another in the
AB 2854 (Cooper) Theft: firearms – The current Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, enacted as an initiative statute by Proposition 47, as approved on November 4, 2014, makes the theft of property that does not exceed $950 in value petty theft, and makes that crime punishable as a misdemeanor.
SB 880 (Hall) Firearms: assault weapons – This bill would revise the definition of "assault weapon" to mean a semiautomatic centerfire rifle or a semiautomatic pistol that does not have a fixed magazine but has any one of those specified attributes. The bill would also define "fixed magazine" to mean an ammunition feeding device contained in, or permanently attached to, a firearm in such a manner that the device cannot be removed without disassembly of the firearm action.
SB 890 (Gaines) Sales and use taxes: no-tax weekends: firearms, ammunition and hunting supplies – This bill would exempt from sales and use taxes the gross receipts from the sale of, and the storage, use or other consumption in this state of, firearms, ammunition and hunting supplies purchased by an individual in the 2-day period beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the first Saturday in September and ending at midnight the next day and the 2-day period beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the first Saturday in October and ending at midnight the next day.
SB 894 (Jackson) Firearms: lost or stolen: reports – This bill would require every person, with exceptions, to report the theft or loss of a firearm he or she owns or possesses to a local law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in
SB 1037 (Allen) Firearms – Current law prescribes the statute of limitations for filing various criminal complaints. This bill would provide that, notwithstanding any other statute of limitation for filing a criminal complaint, the limitation of time would not commence until one year after discovery of, but in no event later than 5 years after the commission
SB 1332 (Mendoza) Firearms – Current law requires the Attorney General to maintain a registry of all firearm owners
SB 1446 (Hancock) Firearms: magazine capacity – This bill would require a person in lawful possession of a large-capacity magazine prior to July 1, 2017, to dispose of the magazine.
SJR 20 (Hall) Gun violence: research – This bill would urge the Congress of the United States to lift an current prohibition against publicly funded scientific research on the causes of gun violence and its effects on public health, and to appropriate funds for the purpose of conducting that research.
SB 1446 (Hancock) Firearms: magazine capacity – This bill would require a person in lawful possession of a large-capacity magazine prior to July 1, 2017, to dispose of the magazine.
SJR 20 (Hall) Gun violence: research – This bill would urge the Congress of the United States to lift an current prohibition against publicly funded scientific research on the causes of gun violence and its effects on public health, and to appropriate funds for the purpose of conducting that research.
SCI HUNTER ORANGE REPORT
California Chapters
May, 2016
Hot Topics in This Report
FGC Commission Appointments and Vacancies
Trappers Re-petition Commission on Bobcat Ban – Heading to Court
Newsom Ballot Proposal on Ammunition Registration
Hot Firearms and Conservation LegislationHot Topics in This Report
FGC Commission Appointments and Vacancies
Trappers Re-petition Commission on Bobcat Ban – Heading to Court
Newsom Ballot Proposal on Ammunition Registration
Hot Firearms and Conservation Legislation
FISH AND GAME COMMISSION
The California Fish and Game Commission is composed of five members (there are currently three members and two vacancies:
Eric Sklar, President – Mr. Sklar was appointed on June 18, 2015 and his term expires on January 15, 2017. He must be confirmed by the State Senate by July 5, 2016. Confirmation hearing tentatively scheduled in Senate Rules Committee on May 11, 2016.
Jacque Hostler-Carmesin, Vice-President – Ms. Hostler-Carmesin was appointed on June 4, 2013 and her term expires on January 15, 2019. Anthony Williams – Mr. Williams was appointed on June 18, 2015 and his term expires on January 15, 2021. He must be confirmed by the State Senate by July 5, 2016. Confirmation hearing tentatively scheduled in Senate Rules Committee on May 11, 2016.
Two positions are vacant (Jack Baylis’s term expired January 15, 2016; Jim Kellogg resigned December 29, 2016) two years before his term was up out of frustration with the commission.
SCI is opposing the appointments of Commissioners Sklar and Williams. At their first commission meeting in August 2015, both commissioners voted for a statewide ban on bobcat trapping against the recommendation of the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s own biologists. This vote went against science, and they sent a signal about how they would manage the resources on their first day on the job. This was a political vote and demonstrated they are political rather than science-based appointees.
Executive Director Position OpenSonke Mastrup resigned his position as Executive Director of the Fish and Game Commission effective December 31, 2015 after serving in this capacity since July 28, 2011.
Currently Michael Yaun, Legal Counsel, is serving as Acting Executive Director. He previously served with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission as Deputy General Counsel (2008-2015), Senior Attorney (2006-2008), and Staff Attorney (2002-2006).
New Wildlife Resources Committee Consultant
Erin Chappell became the Wildlife Science Advisor for the Fish and Game Commission in January 2016 and works closely with the Predator Policy Workgroup. Prior to taking this position, Ms. Chappell served at the California Department of Water Resources as Staff Environmental Scientist (November 1997-December 2015) and at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife as Scientific Aide (September 1994-November 1997).
Currently Michael Yaun, Legal Counsel, is serving as Acting Executive Director. He previously served with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission as Deputy General Counsel (2008-2015), Senior Attorney (2006-2008), and Staff Attorney (2002-2006).
New Wildlife Resources Committee Consultant
Erin Chappell became the Wildlife Science Advisor for the Fish and Game Commission in January 2016 and works closely with the Predator Policy Workgroup. Prior to taking this position, Ms. Chappell served at the California Department of Water Resources as Staff Environmental Scientist (November 1997-December 2015) and at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife as Scientific Aide (September 1994-November 1997).
FISH AND GAME COMMISSION
Wildlife Resources Committee
Work Plan Development – The Wildlife Resources Committee will work on development of its Work Plan which includes (1) Updating the Predator Policy Workgroup, (2) Updating the work plan and draft timeline, and (3)discussing and approving new topics.
Planned rulemakings referred to the Wildlife Resources Committee in 2015 and ongoing for 2016 are (a) Predator management policy review; (b) One year versus calendar term fishing license; (c) Feral pig management; and (d) Possession of game for processing into food [Section 3080(e), Fish and Game Code].
The first Wildlife Resources Committee meeting in 2016 (January 20 in Sacramento) was cancelled. The next meeting is scheduled for May 18, 2016 (Agenda).
Predator Policy Workgroup Meeting, February 24, 2016
The Predator Policy Workgroup of the Wildlife Resources Committee met on February 24, 2016 in Sacramento (Agenda, Meeting Summary). This was an organizational meeting and concentrated on (1) establishing basic operating rules, procedures and guiding principles, (2) drafting workgroup scope and objectives, and (3) selecting future meeting dates. The Workgroup also met on April 26 in Sacramento (Agenda) and continued the organizational process.
BOBCAT REGULATION UPDATE
California Trappers Re-Petition Commission on Bobcat Ban
The California Trappers Association (CTA) re-petitioned the Fish and Game Commission on January 28, 2016 concerning the adoption of regulations banning bobcat trapping in California.
CTA made a presentation at the April 14, 2016 Fish and Game Commission meeting as part of its efforts to encourage the Commission to reopen and reconsider all of the impacts of its adopted regulations banning bobcat trapping. The petition was denied in a 2-1 vote (Commissioners Sklar and Williams voted against the petition; Commissioner Hostler-Carmesin voted in favor of it. Sportsmen wanted an aye vote on this issue.
LEAD UPDATE
Implementation of the ban on lead ammunition occurs in three phases:
The first phase began on July 1, 2015 – nonlead ammunition will be required when hunting on all California Department of Fish ananywhere in California. The DFW posted an informational warning to hunters, informing them that the first phase of the lead ammunition ban began on July 1st.
Additional phase-out of lead ammunition used for hunting will begin on July 1, 2016 when nonlead ammunition will be required when hunting with shotguns for upland game birds (except for dove, quail and snipe), small game mammals, fur-bearing mammals, and nongame birds, except when hunting at licensed game bird clubs. Nonlead ammunition will also be required when taking wildlife for depredation purposes.
Beginning on July 1, 2019 nonlead ammunition will be required for hunters taking any animal anywhere in the state for any purpose.
Nonlead ammunition – At the April Commission meeting, the department presented an update on the implementation of AB 711 (Chapter 742, Statutes of 2013) and presented a request to publish notice of intent to establish a nonlead ammunition coupon program was discussed (Meeting documents). There will be further discussion concerning opposition of nonlead ammunition in the future. NSSF opposes the approach being taken by the department with this program and the use of Pittman-Robertson funds.
AB 96 (IVORY) ENFORCEMENT
NEWSOM ANTI-GUN PROPOSAL FOR THE BALLOT
The Safety for All Act of 2016 (Initiative No. 15-0098) was introduced by Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom and reached the 25% point of gathering signatures on February 11, 2016 (the deadline is June 28, 2016 (365,880 signatures are required). This initiative would
Increase restrictions on obtaining ammunition for the general public and
Prohibit possession of large capacity magazines
Exemptions currently in place remain largely unchanged for the law enforcement community; however, off-duty and retired peace officers would face additional restrictions in regard to their possession of large capacity magazines and the purchase of ammunition for personal use.
Increased regulations are likely to cause increased costs on ammunition purchase.
Governor Brown has suggested that he has concerns about using ballot measures to strengthen California’s already stringent gun control laws: “My reaction is that the Legislature has been responsive on this whole matter of regulating and controlling the use of guns. Now, when you do an initiative it tends to get more rigid.” If the Newsom gun measure qualifies for the November 2016 ballot, Governor Brown says that the legislature “might have a chance to rework it in a way that would both enhance public safety, but also . . . pay due regard to people’s rights under the constitution.”
The California Fish & Game Wardens’ Association jointed the opposition against the initiative on March 13, 2016 (letter). The Assembly and Senate Public Safety Committees will hold a joint hearing on the initiative on May 3; Kathy Lynch has been invited to testify in opposition.
BIG GAME MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
The public solicitation notice for Big Game Management Account grant proposals for Fiscal Year 2016-17 (beginning 7/1/16) is posted online. The notice provides guidance on the application process aimed at simplifying the grant process. Kathy Lynch serves on the committee which last met on April 28, 2016.
Big Game Management Account project updates are updated on the Department website.
BIG GAME TAG QUOTA RECOMMENDATIONS
The Department of Fish and Wildlife has issued their recommended final tag quota for the 2016 big game hunting season (Document, p. 40). This will be discussed at the Big Game Advisory Committee of which Kathy is a member.
PENDING LEGISLATIVE BILLS OF INTEREST
The deadline for introducing new bills for the 2016 legislative session was February 19, 2016. SCI has 131 bills in its bill file.
Kathy is a member.
PENDING LEGISLATIVE BILLS OF INTEREST
The deadline for introducing new bills for the 2016 legislative session was February 19, 2016. SCI has 131 bills in its bill file.
Legislative Bills of Interest:
AB 1663 (Chiu) Firearms: assault weapons – This bill would classify a semiautomatic centerfire rifle that does not have a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept no more than 10 rounds as an assault weapon.
AB 1664 (Levine) Firearms: assault weapons – This bill would define "detachable magazine" to mean an ammunition feeding device that can be removed readily from the firearm without disassembly of the firearm action, including an ammunition feeding device that can be removed readily from the firearm with the use of a tool.
AB 1673 (Gipson) Firearms: unfinished frame or receiver – Current law defines the term "firearm" for various regulatory purposes, including the requirement that firearms be transferred by or through a licensed firearms dealer, the requirement of a 10-day waiting period prior to delivery of a firearm by a dealer, the requirement that firearm purchasers be subject to a background check, and the prohibition Committee.
AB 1664 (Levine) Firearms: assault weapons – This bill would define "detachable magazine" to mean an ammunition feeding device that can be removed readily from the firearm without disassembly of the firearm action, including an ammunition feeding device that can be removed readily from the firearm with the use of a tool.
AB 1673 (Gipson) Firearms: unfinished frame or receiver – Current law defines the term "firearm" for various regulatory purposes, including the requirement that firearms be transferred by or through a licensed firearms dealer, the requirement of a 10-day waiting period prior to delivery of a firearm by a dealer, the requirement that firearm
AB 1695 (Bonta) Firearms: notice to purchasers: false reports of stolen firearms – This bill would make it a misdemeanor to report to a local law enforcement agency that a firearm has been lost or stolen, knowing that report to be false. The bill would also make it a misdemeanor for a person convicted of violating this provision to own a
AB 1776 (Obernolte) Hazardous waste: disposal: exemption –
AB 1792 (Wood) Elk tags: federally recognized Indian tribes – This bill would require the commission, upon request, to engage in consultation with individual federally recognized Indian tribes in California regarding elk management issues.
AB 1869 (Melendez) Theft: firearms – The current Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, enacted makes the theft of property that does not exceed $950 in value petty theft, and makes that crime punishable as a misdemeanor, with certain exceptions.
AB 2229 (Grove) Firearms – This bill would require a firearms dealer to immediately release a firearm to a recipient who is not prohibited from possessing, receiving, owning or purchasing a firearm if the person is authorized to carry a concealed firearm, possesses a valid Certificate of Eligibility or owns a firearm registered with the department. SCI college'
AB 2369 (Patterson) Proposition 47: repeat offenses within 12 months – This bill would authorize the prosecution to charge a person with a felony if the person has been previously convicted 2 or more times of the crimes reduced to a misdemeanor by Proposition 47 or, if the crime being prosecuted is petty theft, when the person had been convicted of specified other crimes.
AB 2459 (McCarty) Firearms dealers: conduct of business – Current law regulates licensed firearms dealers and provides that a license is subject to forfeiture for a breach of specified prohibitions in existing law. This bill would
AB 2478 (Melendez) Firearms: violations – Current law prohibits specified persons from owning, purchasing, receiving, or having in his or her possession any firearm. Current law prohibits a person, corporation, or firm from
AB 2508 (Mathis) Firearms: unsafe handguns – Current law requires the Department of Justice to maintain a roster listing the handguns that have been tested and have been determined not to be unsafe. This bill would allow a .
AB 2607 (Ting) Firearm restraining orders – Current law authorizes a court to issue an ex parte gun violence restraining order prohibiting the subject from having in his or her custody or control, owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving, or attempting to purchase or receive, a firearm or ammunition when it is shown that there is a substantial likelihood that the subject of the petition poses a significant danger of harm to himself or another in the
AB 2854 (Cooper) Theft: firearms – The current Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, enacted as an initiative statute by Proposition 47, as approved on November 4, 2014, makes the theft of property that does not exceed $950 in value petty theft, and makes that crime punishable as a misdemeanor.
SB 880 (Hall) Firearms: assault weapons – This bill would revise the definition of "assault weapon" to mean a semiautomatic centerfire rifle or a semiautomatic pistol that does not have a fixed magazine but has any one of those specified attributes. The bill would also define "fixed magazine" to mean an ammunition feeding device contained in, or permanently attached to, a firearm in such a manner that the device cannot be removed without disassembly of the firearm action.
SB 890 (Gaines) Sales and use taxes: no-tax weekends: firearms, ammunition and hunting supplies – This bill would exempt from sales and use taxes the gross receipts from the sale of, and the storage, use or other consumption in this state of, firearms, ammunition and hunting supplies purchased by an individual in the 2-day period beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the first Saturday in September and ending at midnight the next day and the 2-day period beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the first Saturday in October and ending at midnight the next day.
SB 894 (Jackson) Firearms: lost or stolen: reports – This bill would require every person, with exceptions, to report the theft or loss of a firearm he or she owns or possesses to a local law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in
SB 1037 (Allen) Firearms – Current law prescribes the statute of limitations for filing various criminal complaints. This bill would provide that, notwithstanding any other statute of limitation for filing a criminal complaint, the limitation of time would not commence until one year after discovery of, but in no event later than 5 years after the commission
SB 1332 (Mendoza) Firearms – Current law requires the Attorney General to maintain a registry of all firearm owners
SB 1446 (Hancock) Firearms: magazine capacity – This bill would require a person in lawful possession of a large-capacity magazine prior to July 1, 2017, to dispose of the magazine.
SJR 20 (Hall) Gun violence: research – This bill would urge the Congress of the United States to lift an current prohibition against publicly funded scientific research on the causes of gun violence and its effects on public health, and to appropriate funds for the purpose of conducting that research.
SB 1446 (Hancock) Firearms: magazine capacity – This bill would require a person in lawful possession of a large-capacity magazine prior to July 1, 2017, to dispose of the magazine.
SJR 20 (Hall) Gun violence: research – This bill would urge the Congress of the United States to lift an current prohibition against publicly funded scientific research on the causes of gun violence and its effects on public health, and to appropriate funds for the purpose of conducting that research.
