Enrolled August 15, 2018 Passed IN Senate August 13, 2018 Passed IN Assembly April 09, 2018 Amended IN Assembly February 27, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1903Introduced by Assembly Member Gonzalez FletcherJanuary 22, 2018 An act to add Section 27851 to the Penal Code, relating to firearms.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1903, Gonzalez Fletcher. Firearms: buyback programs: gift cards.Existing law requires that a firearms sale, loan, or transfer be completed through a licensed firearms dealer if neither party to the transaction holds a dealers license. Existing law exempts several firearms transactions from that requirement, including the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm to an authorized representative of a government entity as part of an authorized, voluntary program in which the government entity is buying or receiving weapons from private individuals.This bill would, for purposes of a voluntary firearms buyback program, as defined, prohibit a city, city and county, county, or the state, in exchange for a firearm, from dispensing a gift card whose issuer is a seller of goods or services that holds a firearms dealers license or an ammunition vendor license.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 27851 is added to the Penal Code, to read:27851. (a) For purposes of a voluntary firearms buyback program, a city, city and county, county, or the state shall not, in exchange for a firearm, dispense a gift card whose issuer is a seller of goods or services that holds a firearms dealers license issued pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive, or an ammunition vendor license pursuant to Section 30342.(b) For purposes of this section, voluntary firearms buyback program means a program or event that is consistent with Section 27850 and in which an authorized representative of a city, city and county, county, or the state buys or receives firearms from the public for purposes of reducing the number of firearms in the community.(c) A city, city and county, county, and the state shall not renew or modify an existing contract in a manner that would violate subdivision (a).
Enrolled August 15, 2018 Passed IN Senate August 13, 2018 Passed IN Assembly April 09, 2018 Amended IN Assembly February 27, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1903Introduced by Assembly Member Gonzalez FletcherJanuary 22, 2018 An act to add Section 27851 to the Penal Code, relating to firearms.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1903, Gonzalez Fletcher. Firearms: buyback programs: gift cards.Existing law requires that a firearms sale, loan, or transfer be completed through a licensed firearms dealer if neither party to the transaction holds a dealers license. Existing law exempts several firearms transactions from that requirement, including the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm to an authorized representative of a government entity as part of an authorized, voluntary program in which the government entity is buying or receiving weapons from private individuals.This bill would, for purposes of a voluntary firearms buyback program, as defined, prohibit a city, city and county, county, or the state, in exchange for a firearm, from dispensing a gift card whose issuer is a seller of goods or services that holds a firearms dealers license or an ammunition vendor license.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Enrolled August 15, 2018 Passed IN Senate August 13, 2018 Passed IN Assembly April 09, 2018 Amended IN Assembly February 27, 2018
Enrolled August 15, 2018
Passed IN Senate August 13, 2018
Passed IN Assembly April 09, 2018
Amended IN Assembly February 27, 2018
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1903
Introduced by Assembly Member Gonzalez FletcherJanuary 22, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Gonzalez Fletcher
January 22, 2018
An act to add Section 27851 to the Penal Code, relating to firearms.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1903, Gonzalez Fletcher. Firearms: buyback programs: gift cards.
Existing law requires that a firearms sale, loan, or transfer be completed through a licensed firearms dealer if neither party to the transaction holds a dealers license. Existing law exempts several firearms transactions from that requirement, including the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm to an authorized representative of a government entity as part of an authorized, voluntary program in which the government entity is buying or receiving weapons from private individuals.This bill would, for purposes of a voluntary firearms buyback program, as defined, prohibit a city, city and county, county, or the state, in exchange for a firearm, from dispensing a gift card whose issuer is a seller of goods or services that holds a firearms dealers license or an ammunition vendor license.
Existing law requires that a firearms sale, loan, or transfer be completed through a licensed firearms dealer if neither party to the transaction holds a dealers license. Existing law exempts several firearms transactions from that requirement, including the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm to an authorized representative of a government entity as part of an authorized, voluntary program in which the government entity is buying or receiving weapons from private individuals.
This bill would, for purposes of a voluntary firearms buyback program, as defined, prohibit a city, city and county, county, or the state, in exchange for a firearm, from dispensing a gift card whose issuer is a seller of goods or services that holds a firearms dealers license or an ammunition vendor license.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 27851 is added to the Penal Code, to read:27851. (a) For purposes of a voluntary firearms buyback program, a city, city and county, county, or the state shall not, in exchange for a firearm, dispense a gift card whose issuer is a seller of goods or services that holds a firearms dealers license issued pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive, or an ammunition vendor license pursuant to Section 30342.(b) For purposes of this section, voluntary firearms buyback program means a program or event that is consistent with Section 27850 and in which an authorized representative of a city, city and county, county, or the state buys or receives firearms from the public for purposes of reducing the number of firearms in the community.(c) A city, city and county, county, and the state shall not renew or modify an existing contract in a manner that would violate subdivision (a).
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 27851 is added to the Penal Code, to read:27851. (a) For purposes of a voluntary firearms buyback program, a city, city and county, county, or the state shall not, in exchange for a firearm, dispense a gift card whose issuer is a seller of goods or services that holds a firearms dealers license issued pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive, or an ammunition vendor license pursuant to Section 30342.(b) For purposes of this section, voluntary firearms buyback program means a program or event that is consistent with Section 27850 and in which an authorized representative of a city, city and county, county, or the state buys or receives firearms from the public for purposes of reducing the number of firearms in the community.(c) A city, city and county, county, and the state shall not renew or modify an existing contract in a manner that would violate subdivision (a).
SECTION 1. Section 27851 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
27851. (a) For purposes of a voluntary firearms buyback program, a city, city and county, county, or the state shall not, in exchange for a firearm, dispense a gift card whose issuer is a seller of goods or services that holds a firearms dealers license issued pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive, or an ammunition vendor license pursuant to Section 30342.(b) For purposes of this section, voluntary firearms buyback program means a program or event that is consistent with Section 27850 and in which an authorized representative of a city, city and county, county, or the state buys or receives firearms from the public for purposes of reducing the number of firearms in the community.(c) A city, city and county, county, and the state shall not renew or modify an existing contract in a manner that would violate subdivision (a).
27851. (a) For purposes of a voluntary firearms buyback program, a city, city and county, county, or the state shall not, in exchange for a firearm, dispense a gift card whose issuer is a seller of goods or services that holds a firearms dealers license issued pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive, or an ammunition vendor license pursuant to Section 30342.(b) For purposes of this section, voluntary firearms buyback program means a program or event that is consistent with Section 27850 and in which an authorized representative of a city, city and county, county, or the state buys or receives firearms from the public for purposes of reducing the number of firearms in the community.(c) A city, city and county, county, and the state shall not renew or modify an existing contract in a manner that would violate subdivision (a).
27851. (a) For purposes of a voluntary firearms buyback program, a city, city and county, county, or the state shall not, in exchange for a firearm, dispense a gift card whose issuer is a seller of goods or services that holds a firearms dealers license issued pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive, or an ammunition vendor license pursuant to Section 30342.(b) For purposes of this section, voluntary firearms buyback program means a program or event that is consistent with Section 27850 and in which an authorized representative of a city, city and county, county, or the state buys or receives firearms from the public for purposes of reducing the number of firearms in the community.(c) A city, city and county, county, and the state shall not renew or modify an existing contract in a manner that would violate subdivision (a).
27851. (a) For purposes of a voluntary firearms buyback program, a city, city and county, county, or the state shall not, in exchange for a firearm, dispense a gift card whose issuer is a seller of goods or services that holds a firearms dealers license issued pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive, or an ammunition vendor license pursuant to Section 30342.
(b) For purposes of this section, voluntary firearms buyback program means a program or event that is consistent with Section 27850 and in which an authorized representative of a city, city and county, county, or the state buys or receives firearms from the public for purposes of reducing the number of firearms in the community.
(c) A city, city and county, county, and the state shall not renew or modify an existing contract in a manner that would violate subdivision (a).