BILL NUMBER: AB 2300	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 1, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ridley-Thomas

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend  Section 30000   Sections
30000 and 30005  of the Penal Code, relating to firearms.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2300, as amended, 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.  The bill would also make conforming
changes. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 30000 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   30000.  (a) The Attorney General shall establish and maintain an
online database to be known as the Prohibited Armed Persons File. The
purpose of the file is to cross-reference persons who have ownership
or possession of a firearm on or after January 1, 1996, as indicated
by a record in the Consolidated Firearms Information System, and
who, subsequent to the date of that ownership or possession of a
firearm, fall within a class of persons who are prohibited from
owning or possessing a firearm.
   (b) The information contained in the Prohibited Armed Persons File
shall only be available to those entities specified in, and pursuant
to, subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 11105, through the California
Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, for the purpose of
determining if persons are armed and prohibited from possessing
firearms.
   SEC. 2.    Section 30005 of the   Penal Code
  is amended to read: 
   30005.  The Prohibited Armed Persons File database shall function
as follows:
   (a) Upon entry into the Automated Criminal History System of a
disposition for a conviction of any felony, a conviction for any
firearms-prohibiting charge specified in Chapter 2 (commencing with
Section 29800), a conviction for an offense described in Chapter 3
(commencing with Section 29900), a firearms prohibition pursuant to
Section 8100 or 8103 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, or any
firearms possession prohibition identified by the federal National
Instant Criminal Background Check System, the Department of Justice
shall determine if the subject has an entry in the Consolidated
Firearms Information System indicating possession or ownership of a
firearm on or after January 1,  1991,   1996,
 or an assault weapon registration, or a .50 BMG rifle
registration.
   (b) Upon an entry into any department automated information system
that is used for the identification of persons who are prohibited by
state or federal law from acquiring, owning, or possessing firearms,
the department shall determine if the subject has an entry in the
Consolidated Firearms Information System indicating ownership or
possession of a firearm on or after January 1,  1991,
  1996,  or an assault weapon registration, or a .
50 BMG rifle registration.
   (c) If the department determines that, pursuant to subdivision (a)
or (b), the subject has an entry in the Consolidated Firearms
Information System indicating possession or ownership of a firearm on
or after January 1, 1991,   1996,  or an
assault weapon registration, or a .50 BMG rifle registration, the
following information shall be entered into the Prohibited Armed
Persons File:
   (1) The subject's name.
   (2) The subject's date of birth.
   (3) The subject's physical description.
   (4) Any other identifying information regarding the subject that
is deemed necessary by the Attorney General.
   (5) The basis of the firearms possession prohibition.
   (6) A description of all firearms owned or possessed by the
subject, as reflected by the Consolidated Firearms Information
System.