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CA SB 1472

Title: Firearms: California Do Not Sell List.
Author: Monique Limon

Summary
SB 1472, as amended, Limón. Firearms: California Do Not Sell List. Existing law makes possession of a firearm by certain classes of persons, including a convicted felon, a person convicted of specified misdemeanors, a person that has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial, a person that has been found not guilty of specified crimes by reason of insanity, or a person that has been placed under conservatorship, a crime. Existing law additionally makes it a crime to sell or give possession of a firearm to these classes of persons prohibited from owning a firearm.Existing law requires the Department of Justice, upon submission of firearm purchaser information by a licensed firearm dealer, to examine its records to determine whether a potential firearm purchaser is prohibited by state of federal law from possessing, receiving, owning, or purchasing a firearm. Existing law requires the department to participate in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.This bill would require the Department of Justice to develop and launch a system to allow a person who resides in California to voluntarily add their own name to, and subsequently remove their own name from, the California Do Not Sell List, with the purpose of preventing the sale or transfer of a firearm to the person who adds their name, as specified.

Status
May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.

Bill Documents
CA SB 1472 - 03/19/24 - Amended Senate
03/19/24 - CA SB 1472 (03/19/24 - Amended Senate)


CA SB 1472 - 02/16/24 - Introduced
02/16/24 - CA SB 1472 (02/16/24 - Introduced)