California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 2300


Introduced by Assembly Member Ridley-Thomas

February 21, 2014


An act to amend Section 30000 of the Penal Code, relating to firearms.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2300, as introduced, Ridley-Thomas. Firearms: Prohibited Armed Persons File.

Existing law requires the Attorney General to establish and maintain an online database, the Prohibited Armed Persons File, to cross-reference persons who have ownership or possession of a firearm on or after January 1, 1991, and who, subsequent to the date of that ownership or possession, fall within a class of persons who are prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm.

This bill would instead require that the Prohibited Armed Persons File include persons who have ownership or possession of a firearm on or after January 1, 1996.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

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

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SECTION 1.  

Section 30000 of the Penal Code is amended to
2read:

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30000.  

(a) The Attorney General shall establish and maintain
4an online database to be known as the Prohibited Armed Persons
5File. The purpose of the file is to cross-reference persons who have
P2    1ownership or possession of a firearm on or after January 1,begin delete 1991,end delete
2begin insert 1996,end insert as indicated by a record in the Consolidated Firearms
3Information System, and who, subsequent to the date of that
4ownership or possession of a firearm, fall within a class of persons
5who are prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm.

6(b) The information contained in the Prohibited Armed Persons
7File shall only be available to those entities specified in, and
8pursuant to, subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 11105, through the
9California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, for the
10purpose of determining if persons are armed and prohibited from
11possessing firearms.



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