Al Muratsuchi
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 66
Author
Under existing law, a firearms dealer or licensee means a person who has a valid federal firearms license, has a regulatory or business license, has a valid seller's permit issued by the State Board of Equalization, has a certificate of eligibility issued by the Department of Justice, has a license granted by a duly constituted licensing authority of any city, county, or city and county, and is among those recorded in the centralized list of licensed firearms dealers kept by the department. Existing law regulates licensed firearms dealers and provides that a license is subject to forfeiture for a breach of specified prohibitions in existing law. Existing law establishes the Dealers' Record of Sale Special Account of the General Fund, into which various fees imposed upon licensed firearms dealers are deposited and which may be used by the department, upon appropriation, to offset specified costs. This bill, commencing July 1, 2022, would authorize the department to impose a civil fine not exceeding $1,000 for a violation of those prohibitions, and a civil fine not exceeding $3,000 for a violation of those prohibitions when the licensee has received written notification from the department regarding the violation and fails to take corrective action, as specified, or the department determines the licensee committed the violation knowingly or with gross negligence. The bill would require these fines to be deposited into the Dealers' Record of Sale Special Account, to be available, upon appropriation, for expenditure by the department to offset the reasonable costs of specified firearms-related regulatory and enforcement activities. The bill would authorize the department to adopt regulations to carry out these provisions.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 284, Statutes of 2020.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 18. Page 5366.).
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 4436.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 20).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4198.)
Withdrawn from committee.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 20. Page 4762.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (June 3).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (May 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB2362 | HTML |
| 02/18/20 - Introduced | |
| 08/20/20 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/01/20 - Enrolled | |
| 09/29/20 - Chaptered |
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