Bill Text: CA AB2883 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Firearms.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-19 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2883 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB2883-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 28, 2022 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 20, 2022 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Ting (Principal coauthor: Senator Becker) (Coauthor: Assembly Member Stone) |
February 18, 2022 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
(2)Existing law expresses the intention of the Legislature to occupy the whole field of regulation of the registration or licensing of commercially manufactured firearms, and expressly preempts any local regulation of this type.
This bill would clarify that a local code or ordinance requiring a firearm owner to purchase or maintain any policy of liability insurance shall not be deemed to be a license,
registration, or permit to purchase or possess a firearm and is not preempted or prohibited by state law.
(3)
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
(a)It is the intention of the Legislature to occupy the whole field of regulation of the registration or licensing of commercially manufactured firearms as encompassed by the provisions of the Penal Code, and such provisions shall be exclusive of all local regulations, relating to registration or licensing of commercially manufactured firearms, by any political subdivision as defined in Section 1721 of the Labor Code.
(b)Notwithstanding subdivision (a) or Section 25605 of the Penal Code, a local code or ordinance requiring a firearm
owner to purchase or maintain any policy of liability insurance shall not be deemed to be a license, registration, or permit to purchase or possess a firearm and is not preempted or prohibited by state law.