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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SJR 1
Author: Wolk (D), Corbett (D), DeSaulnier (D), Hancock (D),
Hill (D),
Leno (D), and Yee (D), et al.
Amended: 8/8/13
Vote: 21
SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE : 4-2, 2/26/13
AYES: Hancock, Block, Liu, Steinberg
NOES: Anderson, Knight
NO VOTE RECORDED: De León
SENATE FLOOR : 24-10, 3/7/13
AYES: Beall, Block, Calderon, Corbett, Correa, De León,
DeSaulnier, Evans, Galgiani, Hancock, Hernandez, Hill,
Jackson, Lara, Leno, Lieu, Liu, Pavley, Price, Roth,
Steinberg, Wolk, Wright, Yee
NOES: Anderson, Berryhill, Cannella, Emmerson, Fuller, Gaines,
Huff, Knight, Nielsen, Walters
NO VOTE RECORDED: Monning, Padilla, Wyland, Vacancy, Vacancy,
Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 49-26, 8/8/13 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Firearms control
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution urges the President and the Congress
of the United States to pursue a comprehensive federal approach
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to reducing and preventing gun violence, additionally this
resolution urges the President to take steps to ensure all
states and applicable federal agencies are reporting all
necessary records to the National Instant Criminal Background
Check System (NICS).
Assembly Amendments add coauthors.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1. The Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting in Newtown,
Connecticut, which resulted in the death of 20 children and
six adults, demonstrated the need for stronger laws to
prevent gun violence.
2. Numerous factors contribute to the occurrence of mass
shootings, including unregulated access to assault weapons
and assault magazines, insufficient background checks, and
needed improvements to our mental health system, among
others.
3. Semiautomatic assault weapons designed with military
features allow for the rapid fire of potentially large
numbers of bullets, and are distinguishable from standard
sporting firearms by features such as the ability to accept a
detachable magazine, pistol grips, and folding or telescoping
stocks.
4. Seven states, including California, have enacted laws
strictly regulating the possession, manufacture, and transfer
of assault weapons.
5. Mental health records are reported by the state and imported
into the NICS, but currently many state and federal agencies
are not fully participating in this system.
This resolution urges the President and the Congress of the U.S.
to pursue a comprehensive federal approach to reducing and
preventing gun violence, promptly place assault weapons and
high-capacity assault magazines under the scope of the National
Firearms Act, and require a universal background check through
the NICS for the transfer of all firearms.
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FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 2/27/13) (Unable to reverify at time of
writing)
California Chapters of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun
Violence
Violence Prevention Coalition
Violence Prevention Coalition of Orange County
Women Against Gun Violence
OPPOSITION : (Verified 2/27/13) (Unable to reverify at time
of writing)
California Rifle and Pistol Association
National Rifle Association of America
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 49-26, 8/8/13
AYES: Alejo, Ammiano, Atkins, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta,
Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau,
Chesbro, Daly, Dickinson, Fong, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez,
Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Hall, Roger Hernández, Holden,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Lowenthal, Medina, Mitchell, Mullin,
Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk,
Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Weber,
Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez
NOES: Achadjian, Allen, Bigelow, Conway, Cooley, Dahle,
Donnelly, Fox, Beth Gaines, Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Harkey,
Jones, Linder, Logue, Maienschein, Mansoor, Melendez, Morrell,
Nestande, Olsen, Patterson, Wagner, Waldron, Wilk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Chávez, Eggman, Frazier, Vacancy, Vacancy
JG:k 8/13/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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