| Last Version Text |
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:MeasureDoc xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:ns0="http://lc.ca.gov/legalservices/schemas/caml.1#" xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="1.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://lc.ca.gov/legalservices/schemas/caml.1# xca.1.xsd">
<ns0:Description>
<ns0:Id>20250AB__087997AMD</ns0:Id>
<ns0:VersionNum>97</ns0:VersionNum>
<ns0:History>
<ns0:Action>
<ns0:ActionText>INTRODUCED</ns0:ActionText>
<ns0:ActionDate>2025-02-19</ns0:ActionDate>
</ns0:Action>
<ns0:Action>
<ns0:ActionText>AMENDED_ASSEMBLY</ns0:ActionText>
<ns0:ActionDate>2025-03-24</ns0:ActionDate>
</ns0:Action>
<ns0:Action>
<ns0:ActionText>AMENDED_SENATE</ns0:ActionText>
<ns0:ActionDate>2025-06-11</ns0:ActionDate>
</ns0:Action>
</ns0:History>
<ns0:LegislativeInfo>
<ns0:SessionYear>2025</ns0:SessionYear>
<ns0:SessionNum>0</ns0:SessionNum>
<ns0:MeasureType>AB</ns0:MeasureType>
<ns0:MeasureNum>879</ns0:MeasureNum>
<ns0:MeasureState>AMD</ns0:MeasureState>
</ns0:LegislativeInfo>
<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Patterson</ns0:AuthorText>
<ns0:Authors>
<ns0:Legislator>
<ns0:Contribution>LEAD_AUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
<ns0:House>ASSEMBLY</ns0:House>
<ns0:Name>Patterson</ns0:Name>
</ns0:Legislator>
</ns0:Authors>
<ns0:Title> An act to amend Section 32000 of the Penal Code, relating to firearms. </ns0:Title>
<ns0:RelatingClause>firearms</ns0:RelatingClause>
<ns0:GeneralSubject>
<ns0:Subject>Firearms: unsafe handguns.</ns0:Subject>
</ns0:GeneralSubject>
<ns0:DigestText>
<html:p>Existing law makes it a crime, punishable by not more than one year in county jail, to manufacture or cause to be manufactured, import into the state for sale, keep for sale, offer or expose for sale, give, or lend an unsafe handgun. Existing law establishes certain exemptions to this prohibition, including, among others, exemptions for sales to specified law enforcement agencies and other specified government agencies for use by specified employees and sales to specified peace officers.</html:p>
<html:p>Existing law imposes certain vehicle storage requirements on specified persons who obtain an unsafe handgun. A violation of those provisions is a crime.</html:p>
<html:p>Existing law specifies that the sale of an unsafe handgun to certain specified entities, including county probation departments, and members of
those entities, is only authorized if the handgun is to be used as a service weapon by a peace officer who has successfully completed the basic course prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and who qualifies with the handgun, as specified, at least every 6 months. Existing law also provides that this training requirement may be satisfied by completion of the firearm portion of a training course prescribed by POST, if that training was completed before January 1, 2021.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would instead authorize a peace officer employed by a county probation department and using an unsafe handgun as a service weapon to satisfy the above-described training requirement by completion of the firearm portion of a training course prescribed by POST.</html:p>
<html:p>Because the bill would expand the application of the crime of improperly storing an unsafe handgun in an unattended vehicle to additional persons, this bill
would impose a state-mandated local program.</html:p>
<html:p>The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.</html:p>
</ns0:DigestText>
<ns0:DigestKey>
<ns0:VoteRequired>MAJORITY</ns0:VoteRequired>
<ns0:Appropriation>NO</ns0:Appropriation>
<ns0:FiscalCommittee>YES</ns0:FiscalCommittee>
<ns0:LocalProgram>YES</ns0:LocalProgram>
</ns0:DigestKey>
<ns0:MeasureIndicators>
<ns0:ImmediateEffect>NO</ns0:ImmediateEffect>
<ns0:ImmediateEffectFlags>
<ns0:Urgency>NO</ns0:Urgency>
<ns0:TaxLevy>NO</ns0:TaxLevy>
<ns0:Election>NO</ns0:Election>
<ns0:UsualCurrentExpenses>NO</ns0:UsualCurrentExpenses>
<ns0:BudgetBill>NO</ns0:BudgetBill>
<ns0:Prop25TrailerBill>NO</ns0:Prop25TrailerBill>
</ns0:ImmediateEffectFlags>
</ns0:MeasureIndicators>
</ns0:Description>
<ns0:Bill id="bill">
<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
<ns0:BillSection id="id_6E48CD1F-6EE6-48FA-A547-B6B5C3D52D9B">
<ns0:Num>SECTION 1.</ns0:Num>
<ns0:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" ns3:href="urn:caml:codes:PEN:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'PART'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'6.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'TITLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'4.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'DIVISION'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'10.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'4.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'ARTICLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'5.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'32000.'%5D)" ns3:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" ns3:type="locator">
Section 32000 of the
<ns0:DocName>Penal Code</ns0:DocName>
is amended to read:
</ns0:ActionLine>
<ns0:Fragment>
<ns0:LawSection id="id_BECDEFF5-15E0-4E4D-ADF6-E0068C4F3AF8">
<ns0:Num>32000.</ns0:Num>
<ns0:LawSectionVersion id="id_E3806F97-7448-422C-9C7A-73027B731008">
<ns0:Content>
<html:p>
(a)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
(1)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
A person in this state who manufactures or causes to be manufactured, imports into the state for sale, keeps for sale, offers or exposes for sale, gives, or lends an unsafe handgun shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(2)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The failure to report to the Department of Justice in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) the sale or transfer of an unsafe handgun obtained pursuant to paragraph (4), (6), (7), or (8) of subdivision
(b) may be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
</html:p>
<html:p>
(3)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
In addition to any criminal penalty provided in paragraph (1), the unlawful sale or transfer of an unsafe handgun obtained pursuant to paragraph (4), (6), (7), or (8) of subdivision (b) may be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
</html:p>
<html:p>
(b)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
This section shall not apply to any of the following:
</html:p>
<html:p>
(1)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The manufacture in this state, or importation into this state, of a prototype handgun when the manufacture or importation is for
the sole purpose of allowing an independent laboratory certified by the Department of Justice pursuant to Section 32010 to conduct an independent test to determine whether that handgun is prohibited by Sections 31900 to 32110, inclusive, and, if not, allowing the department to add the firearm to the roster of handguns that may be sold in this state pursuant to Section 32015.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(2)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The importation or lending of a handgun by employees or authorized agents of entities determining whether the weapon is prohibited by this section.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(3)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
Firearms listed as curios or relics, as defined in Section 478.11 of Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(4)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The sale or purchase of a handgun, if the handgun is sold to, or purchased by, the
Department of Justice, a police department, a sheriff’s official, a marshal’s office, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, any district attorney’s office, any federal law enforcement agency, or the military or naval forces of this state or of the United States for use in the discharge of their official duties. This section does not prohibit the sale to, or purchase by, sworn members of these agencies of a handgun.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(5)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The sale, purchase, or delivery of a handgun, if the sale, purchase, or delivery of the handgun is made pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 10334 of the Public Contract Code.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(6)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
Subject to the limitations set forth in subdivision (c), the sale or purchase of a handgun for use as a service weapon, if the handgun
is sold to, or purchased by, any of the following entities for use by, or sold to or purchased by, sworn members of these entities who have satisfactorily completed the POST basic course or, before January 1, 2021, have satisfactorily completed the firearms portion of a training course prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) pursuant to Section 832, and who, as a condition of carrying that handgun, complete a live-fire qualification prescribed by their employing entity at least once every six months:
</html:p>
<html:p>
(A)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The Department of Parks and Recreation.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(B)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(C)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The Division of Investigation of the Department of Consumer Affairs.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(D)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The Department of Motor Vehicles.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(E)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The Fraud Division of the Department of Insurance.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(F)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The State Department of State Hospitals.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(G)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The Department of Fish and Wildlife.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(H)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The State Department of Developmental Services.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(I)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(J)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The Los Angeles World Airports, as defined in Section 830.15.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(K)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
A K–12 public school district for use by a school police officer, as
described in Section 830.32.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(L)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
A municipal water district for use by a park ranger, as described in Section 830.34.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(M)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
A county for use by a welfare fraud investigator or inspector, as described in Section 830.35.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(N)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
A county for use by the coroner or the deputy coroner, as described in Section 830.35.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(O)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The Supreme Court and the courts of appeal for use by marshals of the Supreme Court and bailiffs of the courts of appeal, and coordinators of security for the judicial branch, as described in Section 830.36.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(P)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
A fire department or fire protection agency of a county, city, city and
county, district, or the state for use by either of the following:
</html:p>
<html:p>
(i)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
A member of an arson-investigating unit, regularly paid and employed in that capacity pursuant to Section 830.37.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(ii)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
A member other than a member of an arson-investigating unit, regularly paid and employed in that capacity pursuant to Section 830.37.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(Q)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The University of California Police Department, or the California State University Police Departments, as described in Section 830.2.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(R)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
A California Community College police department, as described in Section 830.32.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(S)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
A harbor or port district or other entity
employing peace officers described in subdivision (b) of Section 830.33, the San Diego Unified Port District Harbor Police, and the Harbor Department of the City of Los Angeles.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(T)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
A local agency employing park rangers described in subdivision (b) of Section 830.31.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(U)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The Department of Cannabis Control.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(7)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
(A)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
Subject to the limitations set forth in subdivision (c), the sale or purchase of a handgun, if the handgun is sold to, or purchased by, any of the following entities for use as a service weapon by the sworn members of these entities who have satisfactorily completed the POST basic course or, before January 1, 2021, have satisfactorily completed the firearms portion of a training course
prescribed by the POST pursuant to Section 832, and who, as a condition of carrying that handgun, complete a live-fire qualification prescribed by their employing entity at least once every six months:
</html:p>
<html:p>
(i)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The California Horse Racing Board.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(ii)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The State Department of Health Care Services.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(iii)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The State Department of Public Health.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(iv)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The State Department of Social Services.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(v)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The Department of Toxic Substances Control.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(vi)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(vii)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The Public Employees’ Retirement System.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(viii)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The Department of Housing and Community Development.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(ix)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
Investigators of the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(x)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The Law Enforcement Branch of the Office of Emergency Services.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(xi)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The California State Lottery.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(xii)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The Franchise Tax Board.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(B)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
This paragraph does not authorize the sale to, or purchase by, sworn members of the entities specified in subparagraph (A) in a personal capacity.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(8)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
Subject to the limitations set forth in subdivision (c), the sale or purchase of a handgun for use as a service weapon, if the handgun is sold to, or purchased by a county probation department for use by, or sold to or purchased by, sworn members of the department who have satisfactorily completed the firearms portion of a training course prescribed by POST pursuant to Section 832. As a condition of carrying that handgun, a member shall complete a live-fire qualification prescribed by their employing entity at least once every three months.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(c)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
(1)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
Notwithstanding Section 26825, a person licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive, shall not process the sale or transfer of an unsafe handgun between a person who has obtained an unsafe handgun pursuant to an exemption specified in paragraph
(6), (7), or (8) of subdivision (b) and a person who is not exempt from the requirements of this section.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(2)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
(A)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
A person who obtains or has use of an unsafe handgun pursuant to paragraph (6), (7), or (8) of subdivision (b) shall, when leaving the handgun in an unattended vehicle, lock the handgun in the vehicle’s trunk, lock the handgun in a locked container and place the container out of plain view, or lock the handgun in a locked container that is permanently affixed to the vehicle’s interior and not in plain
view.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(B)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
A violation of subparagraph (A) is an infraction punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).
</html:p>
<html:p>
(C)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
For purposes of this paragraph, the following definitions shall apply:
</html:p>
<html:p>
(i)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
“Vehicle” has the same meaning as defined in Section 670 of the Vehicle Code.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(ii)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
A vehicle is “unattended” when a person who is lawfully carrying or transporting a handgun in the vehicle is not within close proximity to the vehicle to reasonably prevent unauthorized access to the vehicle or its contents.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(iii)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
“Locked container” has the same meaning as defined in Section 16850.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(D)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
Subparagraph (A) does not apply to a peace officer during circumstances requiring immediate aid or action that are within the course of their official duties.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(E)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
This paragraph does not supersede any local ordinance that regulates the storage of handguns in unattended vehicles if the ordinance was in effect before January 1, 2017.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(d)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
Violations of subdivision (a) are cumulative with respect to each handgun and shall not be construed as restricting the application of any other law. However, an act or omission punishable in different ways by this section and other provisions of law shall not be punished under more than one provision, but the penalty to be imposed shall be determined as set forth in Section 654.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(e)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
(1)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The Department of Justice shall maintain a database of unsafe handguns obtained pursuant to paragraph (4), (6), (7), or (8) of subdivision (b). This requirement shall apply retroactively to include information in the department’s possession. The department may satisfy this requirement by maintaining this information in any existing firearm database that reasonably facilitates compliance with this subdivision.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(2)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
A person or entity that is in possession of an unsafe handgun obtained pursuant to paragraph (4), (6),
(7), or (8) of subdivision (b), shall notify the Department of Justice of any sale or transfer of that handgun within 72 hours of the sale or transfer in a manner and format prescribed by the department. This requirement shall be deemed satisfied if the sale or transfer is processed through a licensed firearms dealer pursuant to Section 27545. A sale or transfer accomplished through an exception to Section 27545 is not exempt from this reporting requirement.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(3)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
By no later than March 1, 2021, the Department of Justice shall provide a notification to persons or entities possessing an unsafe handgun pursuant to paragraph (4), (6), or (7) of subdivision (b) regarding the prohibitions on the sale or transfer of that handgun contained in this section. Thereafter, the department shall, upon notification
of sale or transfer, provide the same notification to the purchaser or transferee of any unsafe handgun sold or transferred pursuant to those provisions.
</html:p>
</ns0:Content>
</ns0:LawSectionVersion>
</ns0:LawSection>
</ns0:Fragment>
</ns0:BillSection>
<ns0:BillSection id="id_93A7E264-5E11-4FBA-A0E3-476EE3E1A194">
<ns0:Num>SEC. 2.</ns0:Num>
<ns0:Content>
<html:p>
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII
<html:span class="ThinSpace"/>
B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII
<html:span class="ThinSpace"/>
B of the California Constitution.
</html:p>
</ns0:Content>
</ns0:BillSection>
</ns0:Bill>
</ns0:MeasureDoc>
|