Bill Text: CA AB2049 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Private security services and private investigators: BB devices.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced) 2026-03-17 - Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. [AB2049 Detail]

Download: California-2025-AB2049-Amended.html

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Amended  IN  Assembly  March 16, 2026

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2049

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Introduced by Assembly Member Alanis

February 17, 2026

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An act to add Section 7583.45.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2049, as amended, Alanis. Private security services and private investigators: BB devices.

Existing law, the Private Security Services Act, requires the Director of Consumer Affairs to administer its provisions. Existing law makes a violation of the act a misdemeanor.

Existing

provisions. Existing law requires the business of a licensee under the act to be operated under the direction, control, charge, or management of the licensee, if they are qualified, or the person who is qualified to act as the qualified manager, and establishes requirements for a qualified manager, including obtaining a qualification certificate from the bureau. Existing law prohibits a licensee or qualified manager of a licensee from carrying or using a firearm unless the person has met specified requirements and possesses a valid firearms qualification card. Existing law defines a BB device as an instrument that expels a projectile, such as a BB or a pellet, through the force of air pressure, gas pressure, or spring action, or any spot marker gun.

This bill would prohibit allow a person employed by a licensee from carrying or using to carry or use a specified BB device unless they have completed prescribed training, as provided. Because the bill would expand the scope of a crime under the Private Security Services Act, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. meeting certain specifications.

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.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 7583.45.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:

7583.45.5.

 A person employed by a private patrol operator licensed pursuant to this chapter shall not may carry or use a BB device device, as defined in Section 16250 of the Penal Code, that has a safety catch or switch, only expels a nonmetal, round nonmetal projectile that is .51 or .68 caliber and weighs under 3.5 grams, expels the nonmetal, round projectile at a maximum velocity of 350 feet per second, has the capability to store at least five rounds, and has the ability to fire at least five rounds with one CO2 cartridge, unless they have completed the training described in Section 643 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations. cartridge.

SEC. 2.

No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII 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 B of the California Constitution.