California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 424 — Possession of a firearm in a school zone.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 779, Statutes of 2017.

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  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 09, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 76% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law makes it a crime to possess a firearm in a place that the person knows, or reasonably should know, is a school zone, unless it is with the written permission of the school district superintendent, his or her designee, or equivalent school authority. This bill would delete the authority of a school district superintendent, his or her designee, or equivalent school authority to provide written permission for a person to possess a firearm within a school zone. By expanding the scope of a crime, the bill would create a state-mandated local program. The bill would exempt from that crime the activities of a program involving shooting sports or activities that are sanctioned by a school, school district, college, university, or other governing body of the institution, as specified, and the activities of a certified hunter education program, as specified. The bill would make other conforming changes to related provisions. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 779, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 44. Noes 27. Page 3135.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 2497.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  13. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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

  15. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 28. Page 1638.)

  16. Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1471.)

  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  18. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 6.) (April 5).

  19. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  20. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  21. From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.

  22. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Chiu · Cosponsor
  • Gloria · Cosponsor
  • McCarty · Primary
  • Santiago · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on · 16 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • McCarty

Co-sponsors (3)

  • Chiu
  • Gloria
  • Santiago

Not signed on (118)

118 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 424 MCCARTY Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 44 Yea · 27 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 321907
Democratic 12201
Republican 0600
Total 442708
% of votes cast 56%34%0%10%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Not Voting
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Harper — Nay
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Not Voting
Mathis — Nay
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Voepel — Nay
Wood — Yea
Chu — Yea
Low — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Chau — Yea
Medina — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Salas — Yea
Burke — Not Voting
Bocanegra — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Frazier — Nay
Friedman — Yea
Fong — Nay
Holden — Yea
Gray — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Nay
Mayes — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Baker — Not Voting
Bigelow — Nay
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Cooley — Nay
Ridley-Thomas — Not Voting
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Not Voting
Cunningham — Nay
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Not Voting
Gloria — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Nay
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Not Voting
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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3rd Reading AB424 McCarty et al. By Skinner

Passed 25 Yea · 13 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 211202
Democratic 4100
Total 251302
% of votes cast 63%33%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Bates — Nay
Bradford — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Cannella — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Dodd — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Allen — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Beall — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Newman — Not Voting
Pan — Yea
Roth — Not Voting
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Nay
Fuller — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 424 MCCARTY Assembly Third Reading

Passed 48 Yea · 28 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 351903
Democratic 13300
Republican 0601
Total 482804
% of votes cast 60%35%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Baker — Not Voting
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Maienschein — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Nazarian — Not Voting
O'Donnell — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Voepel — Nay
Wood — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Salas — Yea
Burke — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Harper — Nay
Holden — Yea
Gray — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Nay
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Cooley — Nay
Cunningham — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Weber — Yea
Cooper — Not Voting
Eggman — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Nay
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Nay
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay
Patterson, Joe Republican Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 424 do?
Existing law makes it a crime to possess a firearm in a place that the person knows, or reasonably should know, is a school zone, unless it is with the written permission of the school district superintendent, his or her designee, or equivalent school authority. This bill would delete the authority of a school district superintendent, his or her designee, or equivalent school authority to provide written permission for a person to possess a firearm within a school zone. By expanding the scope of a crime, the bill would create a state-mandated local program. The bill would exempt from that crime the activities of a program involving shooting sports or activities that are sanctioned by a school, school district, college, university, or other governing body of the institution, as specified, and the activities of a certified hunter education program, as specified. The bill would make other conforming changes to related provisions. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors AB 424?
AB 424 is sponsored by Chiu, Gloria, McCarty, and Santiago.
What is the current status of AB 424?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 09, 2017. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 424?
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