California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 703 — Peace officers: firearms.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 267, Statutes of 2013.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2013. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law requires a retired peace officer who was authorized to, and did, carry a firearm during the course and scope of employment as a peace officer to have an endorsement on his or her identification certificate stating that the issuing agency approves of the officer's carrying of a concealed and loaded firearm. Existing law provides that a retired peace officer may have the privilege to carry a concealed and loaded firearm revoked or denied by violating any departmental rule, or state or federal law that, if violated by an officer on active duty, would result in that officer's arrest, suspension, or removal from the agency. Existing law permits an identification certificate authorizing the officer to carry a concealed and loaded firearm or an endorsement on the certificate to be immediately and temporarily revoked by the issuing agency when the conduct of a retired peace officer compromises public safety. This bill would make these provisions applicable to a retired reserve officer if the retired reserve officer carried a firearm during the course and scope of his or her appointment, was a level I reserve officer, and served in the aggregate the minimum amount of time as specified by the retiree's agency's policy as a level I reserve peace officer. The bill would prohibit the policy from setting an aggregate term requirement that is less than 10 years or more than 20 years. The bill would prohibit service as a reserve officer, other than a level I reserve officer prior to January 1, 1997, from counting toward that aggregate term requirement. The bill would authorize a law enforcement agency to revoke or deny an endorsement issued to a retired reserve peace officer. (2) Under existing law, the prohibitions on carrying a concealed weapon and on carrying a loaded firearm do not apply to honorably retired peace officers who were authorized to carry firearms during the course and scope of their employment as peace officers. This bill would state that the above exemption applies to honorably retired peace officers who were authorized to carry firearms during the course and scope of their appointment, rather than employment, as peace officers.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 267, Statutes of 2013.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2654.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1888.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  9. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  10. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 18).

  11. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  12. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  13. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1569.)

  14. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  15. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 15).

  16. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  17. Read second time and amended.

  18. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 30).

  19. From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  20. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

  21. Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R.

  22. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended.

  23. Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R.

  24. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended.

  25. Referred to Com. on A. & A.R.

  26. From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  27. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Hall · Primary
  • Knight · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Hall

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Knight

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 703 HALL Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 75 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 68003
Democratic 4000
Republican 3000
Total 75003
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Ammiano — Not Voting
Bloom — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Linder — Yea
Logue — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Pan — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Allen — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Fong — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Holden — Yea
Levine — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Medina — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Conway — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Ting — Yea
Fox — Not Voting
Frazier — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Gordon — Not Voting
Gorell — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB703 Hall By Knight

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33003
Democratic 2001
Total 35004
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Leno — Not Voting
Lieu — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pavley — Not Voting
Steinberg — Yea
Wright — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Yea
Wyland — Yea
DeSaulnier — Not Voting
Evans — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hancock — Yea
De León — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Huff — Yea
Knight — Yea
Lara — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Roth — Yea
Torres — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Yee — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Not Voting
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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AB 703 HALL Assembly Third Reading

Passed 71 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 62005
Democratic 7000
Republican 2002
Total 71007
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Ammiano — Not Voting
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Holden — Not Voting
Mansoor — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Pan — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Stone — Yea
Hall — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Logue — Yea
Medina — Yea
Daly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Gordon — Not Voting
John A. Pérez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Campos — Yea
Levine — Yea
Chau — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Waldron — Not Voting
Wieckowski — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Fox — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Garcia, Robert Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16000
Democratic 1000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Linder — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Weber — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Pan — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Hall — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Be referred to Committee on Public Safety.

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10001
Total 10001
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Not Voting
Brown — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Chau — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Hagman — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea

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Subjects

public-safety civil-rights
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 703 do?
(1) Existing law requires a retired peace officer who was authorized to, and did, carry a firearm during the course and scope of employment as a peace officer to have an endorsement on his or her identification certificate stating that the issuing agency approves of the officer's carrying of a concealed and loaded firearm. Existing law provides that a retired peace officer may have the privilege to carry a concealed and loaded firearm revoked or denied by violating any departmental rule, or state or federal law that, if violated by an officer on active duty, would result in that officer's arrest, suspension, or removal from the agency. Existing law permits an identification certificate authorizing the officer to carry a concealed and loaded firearm or an endorsement on the certificate to be immediately and temporarily revoked by the issuing agency when the conduct of a retired peace officer compromises public safety. This bill would make these provisions applicable to a retired reserve officer if the retired reserve officer carried a firearm during the course and scope of his or her appointment, was a level I reserve officer, and served in the aggregate the minimum amount of time as specified by the retiree's agency's policy as a level I reserve peace officer. The bill would prohibit the policy from setting an aggregate term requirement that is less than 10 years or more than 20 years. The bill would prohibit service as a reserve officer, other than a level I reserve officer prior to January 1, 1997, from counting toward that aggregate term requirement. The bill would authorize a law enforcement agency to revoke or deny an endorsement issued to a retired reserve peace officer. (2) Under existing law, the prohibitions on carrying a concealed weapon and on carrying a loaded firearm do not apply to honorably retired peace officers who were authorized to carry firearms during the course and scope of their employment as peace officers. This bill would state that the above exemption applies to honorably retired peace officers who were authorized to carry firearms during the course and scope of their appointment, rather than employment, as peace officers.
Who sponsors AB 703?
AB 703 is sponsored by Hall and Knight.
What is the current status of AB 703?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2013. Enacted.
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