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An act to amend Sectionsbegin delete 11106 and 17060end deletebegin insert 11106, 17060, 26600, 27050, 27600, and 31705end insert of, and to add Sections 27881 and 27882 to, the Penal Code, relating to firearms.
This bill would, commencing January 1, 2019, require the Department of Justice to modify its registration form so that both spouses or both domestic partners may register as the owners of the firearm and would require the department to maintain both names on the firearms registry.
Existing law also requires the Attorney General to maintain information regarding firearms from certain other reports pertaining to firearmsbegin delete transactions.end deletebegin insert transactions and authorizes specified officers, including peace officers, to disseminate information from specified reports if certain conditions are satisfied, including if the subject of the record has been arraigned for a crime.end insert
This bill would additionally require the Attorney General to maintain the information supplied to the Department of Justice in certain forms submitted by persons who take possession of a firearm pursuant to a specified exception to the general requirement that firearms transactions be completed through a licensed firearmsbegin delete dealer.end deletebegin insert dealer and would authorize information in those forms to be disseminated pursuant to the above provisions.end insert
5background check, abegin delete Firearm Safety Certificate,end deletebegin insert firearm safety
6certificate,end insert and, upon completion of the process, registration of
7that firearm to that person in the Centralized Registry as set forth
8in Section 11106 of the Penal Code.
12(3) The California Constitution provides that property owned
15(4) Community property rights are protected through the Due
16Process Clause and other clauses of the California Constitution.
P3 1(5) On July 20, 2015, the California Supreme Court in the case
2In re Marriage of Davis (2015) 61 Cal.4th 846 confirmed that
3Section 760 of the Family Code specifically allows property
4acquired by the spouses during the marriage not to be treated as
5community property where otherwise provided by statute.
6(6) Allowing property acquired by spouses during the marriage
7not to be treated as community property where otherwise provided
8by statute was foreshadowed by the decision of the Court of
9Appeals in Crosby v. H.L.C. Properties LTD (2014) 223
10Cal.App.4th 597, 609, fn. 10.
11(7) Under current law, a person who is licensed to carry a
12handgun in public is licensed to carry a specific handgun, and in
13many jurisdictions licensing authorities license both spouses to
14carry the same handgun, but in other jurisdictions licenses to carry
15will not be issued unless the handgun is first registered to the
17(8) Because carry license information is reported to the
18Department of Justice and is required to be included in the
19Centralized Registry, joint registration is occurring today, albeit
20under the carry license system.
21(9) Joint family firearm registration is expressly allowed for
22assault weapons and .50 BMG rifles.
23(10) Joint spousal firearm registration exists in Hawaii,
24Maryland, and New York.
25(11) Firearms initially constituting separate property may be
26jointly registered to a spouse via the transmutation process and via
27the operation of law procedures set forth in subdivision (g) of
28Section 16990 and paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section
2927920 of the Penal Code, without being processed through a
30state-licensed firearms dealer. The clear intent of those provisions
31is to allow joint spousal registration via that process but not to
32otherwise permit joint registration. The amendments to Section
3311106 of the Penal Code made by the act that added this section,
34insofar as relevant, are designed to effectuate that intent.
35(12) Also via the operation of law process, separate property of
36one spouse may be transmuted to another spouse as separate
37property.
38(13) Firearms brought into this state by new residents which
39were acquired outside of this state by such persons when residents
40of that other state are being allowed to be jointly registered in
P4 1effect to both spouses pursuant to the procedures set forth in
2Section 27560 of the Penal Code, without being processed through
3a state-licensed firearms dealer. The amendments made to Section
411106 of the Penal Code by the act that added this section, insofar
5as relevant, are designed to allow that to continue if it is occurring
7(14) The Department of Justice, pursuant to Section 28000 of
8the Penal Code, allows a person to deregister a firearm if certain
9conditions are met, including, among other conditions, providing
10the department with official documentation that the firearm has,
11in fact, been disposed of. The amendments made to Section 11106
12of the Penal Code by the act that added this section, insofar as
13relevant, are designed to allow that to continue if it is occurring
15(15) The process of deregistering a firearm by filing a form
16pursuant to Section 28000 of the Penal Code detailing the disposal
17of a firearm because the firearm was transferred to another requires
18submission to the department of a formal department-generated
19document stating that the firearm was reregistered. If the
20disposition form is not submitted pursuant to Section 28000 of the
21Penal Code, then a firearm may in effect be technically listed as
22being registered to both parties involved in the transfer.
23(16) There are legitimate concerns that if joint firearm
24registration is explicitly allowed by virtue of the amendments made
25to Section 11106 of the Penal Code by the act that added this
26section, it may create a number of issues regarding third-party
27rights when the time comes to dispose of those jointly registered
28firearms. Those concerns exist now as to jointly registered .50
29BMG rifles and assault weapons.
30(b) It is the intent of the Legislature, if joint firearm registration
31does not occur pursuant to the amendments made to Section 11106
32of the Penal Code by the act that added this section, to enact
33legislation that will go into effect prior to January 1, 2019, to
34implement an explicit joint firearm registration system in a
35user-friendly manner that protects public safety and does not
36complicate the disposition of firearms that are jointly registered.
37(c) It is also the intent of the Legislature that the Department of
38Justice make available on its Internet Web site, in an editable public
39display format, the form referred to in Section 27882 of the Penal
3the prosecution of civil actions by city attorneys pursuant to
4paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), the arrest and prosecution of
5criminals, and the recovery of lost, stolen, or found property, the
6Attorney General shall keep and properly file a complete record
7of all of the following:
8(A) All copies of fingerprints.
9(B) Copies of licenses to carry firearms issued pursuant to
10Section 26150, 26155, 26170, or 26215.
11(C) Information reported to the Department of Justice pursuant
12to Section 26225, 27875, 27920, 27966, or 29830.
13(D) Dealers’ records of sales of firearms.
14(E) Reports provided pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with
15Section 27500) of Chapter 4 of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6, or
16pursuant to any provision listed in subdivision (a) of Section 16585.
17(F) Forms provided pursuant to Section 12084, as that section
18read prior to being repealed on January 1, 2006.
19(G) Reports provided pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with
20Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800)
21of Chapter 2 of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6, that are not dealers’
22records of sales of firearms.
23(H) Information provided pursuant to Section 28255.
24(I) Reports of stolen, lost, found, pledged, or pawned property
25in any city or county of this state.
26(2) The Attorney General shall, upon proper application therefor,
27furnish the information to the officers referred to in Section 11105.
28(b) (1) The Attorney General shall permanently keep and
29properly file and maintain all information reported to the
30Department of Justice pursuant to the following provisions as to
31firearms and maintain a registry thereof:
32(A) Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2
33(commencing with Section 26800) of Chapter 2 of Division 6 of
34Title 4 of Part 6.
35(B) Article 1 (commencing with Section 27500) of Chapter 4
36of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6.
37(C) Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 28050) of Division 6
38of Title 4 of Part 6.
39(D) Any provision listed in subdivision (a) of Section 16585.
40(E) Former Section 12084.
P6 1(F) Section 28255.
2(G) Any other law.
11pursuant to any provision listed in subdivision (a) of Section 16585,
12Section 28255, or any other law.
31(E) Commencing January 1, 2019, the name of the person and
32his or her spouse or domestic partner if the firearm is registered
33to bothbegin delete individuals.end deletebegin insert persons.end insert The department shall modify its
34registration forms to the extent necessary, if it has not already done
35so, so that both spouses or both domestic partners may register as
36the owners of the firearm. This subparagraph shall not require the
37department to change the Dealer’s Record of Sale form.
38(3) Information in the registry referred to in this subdivision
39shall, upon proper application therefor, be furnished to the officers
40referred to in Section 11105, to a city attorney prosecuting a civil
P7 1action, solely for use in prosecuting that civil action and not for
2any other purpose, or to the person listed in the registry as the
3owner or person who is listed as being loaned the particular firearm.
4(4) If any person is listed in the registry as the owner of a firearm
5through a Dealers’ Record of Sale prior to 1979, and the person
6listed in the registry requests by letter that the Attorney General
7store and keep the record electronically, as well as in the record’s
8existing photographic, photostatic, or nonerasable optically stored
9 form, the Attorney General shall do so within three working days
10of receipt of the request. The Attorney General shall, in writing,
11and as soon as practicable, notify the person requesting electronic
12storage of the record that the request has been honored as required
13by this paragraph.
14(c) (1) If the conditions specified in paragraph (2) are met, any
15officer referred to in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision
16(b) of Section 11105 may disseminate the name of the subject of
17the record, the number of the firearms listed in the record, and the
18description of any firearm, including the make, model, and caliber,
19from the record relating to any firearm’s sale, transfer, registration,
20or license record, or any information reported to the Department
21of Justice pursuant to any of the following:
22(A) Section 26225, 27875,begin delete or 27920.end deletebegin insert 27920, or 27966.end insert
23(B) Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2
24(commencing with Section 26800) of Chapter 2 of Division 6 of
25Title 4 of Part 6.
26(C) Article 1 (commencing with Section 27500) of Chapter 4
27of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6.
28(D) Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 28050) of Division
296 of Title 4 of Part 6.
30(E) Article 2 (commencing with Section 28150) of Chapter 6
32(F) Article 5 (commencing with Section 30900) of Chapter 2
33of Division 10 of Title 4 of Part 6.
34(G) Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 33850) of Division
3511 of Title 4 of Part 6.
36(H) Any provision listed in subdivision (a) of Section 16585.
37(2) Information may be disseminated pursuant to paragraph (1)
38only if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
39(A) The subject of the record has been arraigned for a crime in
40which the victim is a person described in Section 6211 of the
P8 1Family Code and is being prosecuted or is serving a sentence for
2the crime, or the subject of the record is the subject of an
3emergency protective order, a temporary restraining order, or an
4order after hearing, which is in effect and has been issued by a
5family court under the Domestic Violence Protection Act set forth
6in Division 10 (commencing with Section 6200) of the Family
8(B) The information is disseminated only to the victim of the
9crime or to the person who has obtained the emergency protective
10order, the temporary restraining order, or the order after hearing
11issued by the family court.
12(C) Whenever a law enforcement officer disseminates the
13information authorized by this subdivision, that officer or another
14officer assigned to the case shall immediately provide the victim
15of the crime with a “Victims of Domestic Violence” card, as
16specified in subparagraph (H) of paragraph (9) of subdivision (c)
17of Section 13701.
18(3) The victim or person to whom information is disseminated
19pursuant to this subdivision may disclose it as he or she deems
20necessary to protect himself or herself or another person from
21bodily harm by the person who is the subject of the record.
begin insertSection 11106 of the end insertbegin insert Penal Code end insertbegin insert is amended to read:end insert
24the prosecution of civil actions by city attorneys pursuant to
25paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), the arrest and prosecution of
26criminals, and the recovery of lost, stolen, or found property, the
27Attorney General shall keep and properly file a complete record
28of all of the following:
29(A) All copies of fingerprints.
30(B) Copies of licenses to carry firearms issued pursuant to
31Section 26150, 26155, 26170, or 26215.
32(C) Information reported to the Department of Justice pursuant
33to Section 26225, 27875, 27920,begin insert 27966, 29180,end insert or 29830.
34(D) Dealers’ records of sales of firearms.
35(E) Reports provided pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with
36Section 27500) of Chapter 4 of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6, or
37pursuant to any provision listed in subdivision (a) of Section 16585.
38(F) Forms provided pursuant to Section 12084, as that section
39read prior to being repealed on January 1, 2006.
P9 1(G) Reports provided pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with
2Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800)
3of Chapter 2 of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6, that are not dealers’
4records of sales of firearms.
5(H) Information provided pursuant to Section 28255.
6(I) Reports of stolen, lost, found, pledged, or pawned property
7in any city or county of this state.
8(2) The Attorney General shall, upon proper application therefor,
9furnish the information to the officers referred to in Section 11105.
10(b) (1) The Attorney General shall permanently keep and
11properly file and maintain all information reported to the
12Department of Justice pursuant to the following provisions as to
13firearms and maintain a registry thereof:
14(A) Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2
15(commencing with Section 26800) of Chapter 2 of Division 6 of
16Title 4 of Part 6.
17(B) Article 1 (commencing with Section 27500) of Chapter 4
18of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6.
19(C) Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 28050) of Division 6
20of Title 4 of Part 6.
21(D) Any provision listed in subdivision (a) of Section 16585.
22(E) Former Section 12084.
23(F) Section 28255.
26begin insert(H)end insert Any other law.
36Sectionbegin delete 28255,end deletebegin insert 28255 or 29180,end insert or any other law.
(E) Commencing January 1, 2019, the name of the person and
16his or her spouse or domestic partner if the firearm is registered
17to both persons. The department shall modify its registration forms
18to the extent necessary, if it has not already done so, so that both
19spouses or both domestic partners may register as the owners of
20the firearm. This subparagraph shall not require the department
21to change the Dealer’s Record of Sale form.
P11 1the record, the number of the firearms listed in the record, and the
6(A) Section 26225, 27875,begin delete or 27920.end deletebegin insert 27920, or 27966.end insert
24which the victim is a person described inbegin delete subdivisions (a) to (f),
33crime or to the person who has obtained the emergency protective
P12 1specified in subparagraph (H) of paragraph (9) of subdivision (c)
13(b) As used in Section 27881, “resides within the same
14residence” means that the individuals reside within the same
15structure intended or used for human habitation, including, but not
16limited to, houses, condominiums, and rooms, where human
17habitation occurs, but does not mean individuals who reside within
18discrete units of an apartment building, apartment complex, duplex,
19or other similar complex.
20(c) As used in Section 27882, “residence” means any structure
21intended or used for human habitation, including, but not limited
22to, houses, condominiums, rooms, motels, hotels, and time-shares,
23but does not include a recreational or other vehicle where human
begin insertSection 26600 of the end insertbegin insert Penal Code end insertbegin insert is amended to read:end insert
27begin delete or transferend deletebegin insert transfer, or loanend insert of firearms made to an authorized law
28enforcement representative of any city, county, city and county,
29or state, or of the federal government, for exclusive use by that
30governmental agency if, prior to the sale, delivery,begin delete or transferend delete
31begin insert transfer, or loanend insert of these firearms, written authorization from the
32head of the agency authorizing the transaction is presented to the
33person from whom the purchase, delivery,begin delete or transferend deletebegin insert transfer, or
34loanend insert is being made.
35(b) Proper written authorization is defined as verifiable written
36certification from the head of the agency by which the purchaser
37or transferee is employed, identifying the employee as an individual
38authorized to conduct the transaction, and authorizing the
39transaction for the exclusive use of the agency by which that person
40is employed.
P13 1(c) Within 10 days of the date abegin delete handgun, and commencing
2January 1, 2014, any firearm,	is acquired by the agency,end deletebegin insert firearm
3is acquired or received by the agency pursuant to this section,end insert a
4record of the same shall be entered as an institutional weapon into
5the Automated Firearms System (AFS) via the California Law
6Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) by the law
7enforcement or state agency. Any agency without access to AFS
8shall arrange with the sheriff of the county in which the agency is
9located to input this information via this system.
begin insertSection 27050 of the end insertbegin insert Penal Code end insertbegin insert is amended to read:end insert
12Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) do not apply to any
13sale, delivery,begin delete or transferend deletebegin insert transfer, or loanend insert of firearms made to an
14authorized law enforcement representative of any city, county,
15city and county, or state, or of the federal government, for exclusive
16use by that governmental agency if, prior to the sale, delivery,begin delete or
17transferend deletebegin insert transfer, or loanend insert of these firearms, written authorization
18	from the head of the agency authorizing the transaction is presented
19to the person from whom the purchase, delivery,begin delete or transferend delete
20begin insert transfer, or loanend insert is being made.
21(b) Proper written authorization is defined as verifiable written
22certification from the head of the agency by which thebegin delete purchaserend delete
23begin insert purchaser, recipient,end insert or transferee is employed, identifying the
26by which that person is employed.
27(c) Within 10 days of the date abegin delete handgun, and commencing
28January 1, 2014, any firearm, is acquired by the agency,end deletebegin insert firearm
29is acquired or received by the agency pursuant to this section,end insert a
30record of the same shall be entered as an institutional weapon into
31the Automated Firearms System (AFS) via the California Law
32Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) by the law
33enforcement or state agency. Any agency without access to AFS
34shall arrange with the sheriff of the county in which the agency is
35located to input this information via this system.
begin insertSection 27600 of the end insertbegin insert Penal Code end insertbegin insert is amended to read:end insert
38not apply to any sale, delivery,begin delete or transferend deletebegin insert transfer, or loanend insert of
39firearms made to, or the importation of firearms by, an authorized
40law enforcement representative of any city, county, city and county,
P14 1or state, or of the federal government, for exclusive use by that
2governmental agency if, prior to the sale, delivery, transfer,begin insert loan,end insert
3 or importation of these firearms, written authorization from the
4head of the agency authorizing the transaction is presented to the
5person from whom the purchase, delivery,begin delete or transferend deletebegin insert transfer, or
6loanend insert is being made or from whom the firearm is being imported.
8certification from the head of the agency by which thebegin delete purchaserend delete
9begin insert purchaser, recipient,end insert or transferee is employed, identifying the
10employee as an individual authorized to conduct the transaction,
11and authorizing the transaction for the exclusive use of the agency
12by which that person is employed.
13(c) Within 10 days of the date a firearm isbegin delete acquired by the
14agency,end deletebegin insert acquired or received by the agency pursuant to this section,end insert
15 a record of the same shall be entered as an institutional weapon
16into the Automated Firearms System (AFS) via the California Law
17Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) by the law
18enforcement or state agency. Any agency without access to the
19AFS shall arrange with the sheriff of the county in which the
20agency is located to input this information via this system.
21(d) Any agency that is the registered owner of an institutional
22weapon in accordance with subdivision (c) that subsequently
23destroys that weapon shall enter information that the weapon has
24been destroyed into the Automated Firearms System (AFS) via
25the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
26(CLETS) within 10 days of the destruction in accordance with
27procedures prescribed by the Department of Justice. Any agency
28without access to the AFS shall arrange with the sheriff of the
29county in which the agency is located to input this information via
30this system.
34provided all of the following are met:
35(a) The firearm being loaned is registered to the person making
36the loan pursuant to Section 11106.
37(b) The loan occurs within the individual receiving the firearm
38and lender’s shared place of residence or private property, which
39is not zoned for commercial, retail, or industrial activity.
P15 1(c) The firearm at all times stays within the individual receiving
2the firearm and lender’s shared place of residence or private
3property, which is not zoned for commercial, retail, or industrial
5(d) The individual receiving the firearm is not prohibited by
6state or federal law from possessing, receiving, owning, or
7purchasing a firearm.
8(e) The individual receiving the firearm is 18 years of age or
10(f) The individual receiving the firearm has a valid firearm safety
11certificate, except that if the firearm being loaned is a handgun,
12the individual may instead have an unexpired handgun safety
14(g) The person being loaned the firearm resides within the same
15residence as the lender.
19provided all of the following are met:
20(a) The firearm being loaned is registered to the person making
21the loan pursuant to Section 11106.
22(b) The firearm being loaned is stored in the receiver’s place of
23residence or in an enclosed structure on the receiver’s private
24property, which is not zoned for commercial, retail, or industrial
25activity.
26(c) The firearm at all times stays within the receiver’s place of
27residence or in an enclosed structure on the receiver’s private
28property, which is not zoned for commercial, retail, or industrial
29activity.
30(d) The individual receiving the firearm is not prohibited by
31state or federal law from possessing, receiving, owning, or
32purchasing a firearm.
33(e) The individual receiving the firearm is 18 years of age or
34older.
35(f) The individual receiving the firearm has a valid firearm safety
36certificate, except that if the firearm being loaned is a handgun,
37the individual may instead have an unexpired handgun safety
38certificate.
39(g) One of the following applies:
40(1) The firearm is maintained within a locked container.
P16 1(2) The firearm is disabled by a firearm safety device.
2(3) The firearm is maintained within a locked gun safe.
3(4) The firearm is locked with a locking device, as defined in
4Section 16860, which has rendered the firearm inoperable.
5(h) The loan does not exceed 30 days in duration.
6(i) The loan is made without consideration.
7(j) There is writing in a format prescribed by the Department
8of Justice that explains the obligations imposed by this section that
9is signed by both the party loaning the firearm for storage and the
10person receiving the firearm.
11(k) Both parties to the loan have signed copies of the writing
12required by subdivision (j).
begin insertSection 31705 of the end insertbegin insert Penal Code end insertbegin insert is amended to read:end insert
15to any sale, delivery,begin delete or transferend deletebegin insert transfer, or loanend insert of firearms made
16to an authorized law enforcement representative of any city, county,
18use by that governmental agency if, prior to the sale, delivery,begin delete or
19transferend deletebegin insert transfer, or loanend insert of these firearms, written authorization
20from the head of the agency authorizing the transaction is presented
21to the person from whom the purchase, delivery,begin delete or transferend delete
22begin insert transfer, or loanend insert is being made.
24certification from the head of the agency by which thebegin delete purchaserend delete
25begin insert purchaser, recipient,end insert or transferee is employed, identifying the
26employee as an individual authorized to conduct the transaction,
27and authorizing the transaction for the exclusive use of the agency
28by which that person is employed.
29(c) Within 10 days of the date abegin delete handgun, and commencing
30January 1, 2014, any firearm, is acquired by the agency,end deletebegin insert firearm
31is acquired or received by the agency pursuant to this section,end insert a
32record of the same shall be entered as an institutional weapon into
33the Automated Firearms System (AFS) via the California Law
34Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) by the law
35enforcement or state agency. Any agency without access to AFS
36shall arrange with the sheriff of the county in which the agency is
37located to input this information via this system.
40of the Penal Code by this act are declaratory of existing law.end insert
P17 1begin insert
2Section 11106 of the Penal Code proposed by both this bill and
3Assembly Bill 857. It shall only become operative if (1) both bills
4are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2017,
5(2) each bill amends Section 11106 of the Penal Code, and (3) this
6bill is enacted after Assembly Bill 857, in which case Section 2 of
7this bill shall not become operative.