CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 36

Introduced by Assembly Member Gabriel
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Berman, Gipson, Petrie-Norris, Quirk-Silva, and Wicks)

December 05, 2022

An act relating to firearms.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 36, as introduced, Gabriel. Domestic violence protective orders: possession of a firearm.
Existing law prohibits a person subject to a protective order, as defined, from owning, possessing, purchasing, or receiving a firearm while that protective order is in effect and makes a willful and knowing violation of a protective order a crime.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to extend that prohibition for an additional 3 years after the expiration of a protective order, unless the court finds the person to not be a threat to public safety.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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


SECTION 1.

 It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to prohibit a person subject to a domestic violence protective order from owning, possessing, purchasing, or receiving a firearm for an additional three years after the domestic violence protective order has expired, unless the court finds the person to not be a threat to public safety.