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Proposed California Firearm Legislation AB2497

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Firearms: school gun violence prevention.

Description: An act to amend Section 1656.1 of the Civil Code, to add Sections 38006 and 49605 to, and to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 49390) to Chapter 8 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of, the Education Code, to add Sections 16026, 16027, and 29180.5 to the Penal Code, and to add Part 16 (commencing with Section 36001) to Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to firearms, and making an appropriation therefor.

Session: 2017-2018 Regular Session

Last Action: Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

Last Action Date: April 24, 2018

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Jim Cooper (D);

Percentage of State Assembly sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 80)

History
Chamber Date Action
Assembly Apr 24, 2018 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Assembly Apr 23, 2018 Read second time and amended.
Assembly Apr 19, 2018 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 6. Noes 4.) (April 16).
Assembly Mar 20, 2018 Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
Assembly Mar 19, 2018 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended.
Assembly Mar 15, 2018 Referred to Coms. on REV. & TAX. and PUB. S.
Assembly Feb 15, 2018 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
Assembly Feb 14, 2018 Read first time. To print.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Amended Apr 23, 2018 state link bill text
Amended Mar 19, 2018 state link bill text
Introduced Feb 14, 2018 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
04/16/2018 6 4 0 0 Yes
  • Bonta, Rob (D) Yea
  • Brough, William (R) Nay
  • Burke, Autumn (D) Yea
  • Chu, Kansen (D) Yea
  • Gray, Adam (D) Nay
  • McCarty, Kevin (D) Yea
  • Melendez, Melissa (R) Nay
  • Mullin, Kevin (D) Yea
  • Quirk, Bill (D) Yea
  • Voepel, Randy (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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