Amended IN Senate March 22, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1092Introduced by Senator Anderson(Coauthors: Senators Berryhill and Stone)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bigelow, Gallagher, and Lackey)February 13, 2018 An act to add Section 3002.5 to the Fish and Game Code, and to amend Section 33410 of the Penal Code, relating to firearms. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1092, as amended, Anderson. Firearms: silencers.Existing law makes it a felony to possess a silencer, as defined, for a firearm.This bill would instead make it a felony to possess a silencer that is attached to a firearm with a barrel that measures less than 16 inches in length.Existing law restricts the use of firearms in certain areas while hunting, prohibits hunting with a firearm while intoxicated, and requires the use of certain ammunition.This bill would authorize hunting while using a lawfully possessed silencer that is attached to a firearm with a barrel measuring 16 inches or more in length.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 3002.5 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to read:3002.5. Where a firearm is authorized in this division to be used for the taking of a bird or mammal, a person may use a lawfully possessed silencer, as defined in Section 17210 of the Penal Code, if it is attached to a firearm with a barrel measuring 16 inches or more in length.SEC. 2. Section 33410 of the Penal Code is amended to read:33410. Any person who within this state possesses a silencer that is attached to a firearm with a barrel measuring less than 16 inches in length is guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
Amended IN Senate March 22, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1092Introduced by Senator Anderson(Coauthors: Senators Berryhill and Stone)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bigelow, Gallagher, and Lackey)February 13, 2018 An act to add Section 3002.5 to the Fish and Game Code, and to amend Section 33410 of the Penal Code, relating to firearms. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1092, as amended, Anderson. Firearms: silencers.Existing law makes it a felony to possess a silencer, as defined, for a firearm.This bill would instead make it a felony to possess a silencer that is attached to a firearm with a barrel that measures less than 16 inches in length.Existing law restricts the use of firearms in certain areas while hunting, prohibits hunting with a firearm while intoxicated, and requires the use of certain ammunition.This bill would authorize hunting while using a lawfully possessed silencer that is attached to a firearm with a barrel measuring 16 inches or more in length.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate March 22, 2018
Amended IN Senate March 22, 2018
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill No. 1092
Introduced by Senator Anderson(Coauthors: Senators Berryhill and Stone)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bigelow, Gallagher, and Lackey)February 13, 2018
Introduced by Senator Anderson(Coauthors: Senators Berryhill and Stone)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bigelow, Gallagher, and Lackey)
February 13, 2018
An act to add Section 3002.5 to the Fish and Game Code, and to amend Section 33410 of the Penal Code, relating to firearms.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1092, as amended, Anderson. Firearms: silencers.
Existing law makes it a felony to possess a silencer, as defined, for a firearm.This bill would instead make it a felony to possess a silencer that is attached to a firearm with a barrel that measures less than 16 inches in length.Existing law restricts the use of firearms in certain areas while hunting, prohibits hunting with a firearm while intoxicated, and requires the use of certain ammunition.This bill would authorize hunting while using a lawfully possessed silencer that is attached to a firearm with a barrel measuring 16 inches or more in length.
Existing law makes it a felony to possess a silencer, as defined, for a firearm.
This bill would instead make it a felony to possess a silencer that is attached to a firearm with a barrel that measures less than 16 inches in length.
Existing law restricts the use of firearms in certain areas while hunting, prohibits hunting with a firearm while intoxicated, and requires the use of certain ammunition.
This bill would authorize hunting while using a lawfully possessed silencer that is attached to a firearm with a barrel measuring 16 inches or more in length.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 3002.5 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to read:3002.5. Where a firearm is authorized in this division to be used for the taking of a bird or mammal, a person may use a lawfully possessed silencer, as defined in Section 17210 of the Penal Code, if it is attached to a firearm with a barrel measuring 16 inches or more in length.SEC. 2. Section 33410 of the Penal Code is amended to read:33410. Any person who within this state possesses a silencer that is attached to a firearm with a barrel measuring less than 16 inches in length is guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
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 3002.5 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to read:3002.5. Where a firearm is authorized in this division to be used for the taking of a bird or mammal, a person may use a lawfully possessed silencer, as defined in Section 17210 of the Penal Code, if it is attached to a firearm with a barrel measuring 16 inches or more in length.
SECTION 1. Section 3002.5 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
3002.5. Where a firearm is authorized in this division to be used for the taking of a bird or mammal, a person may use a lawfully possessed silencer, as defined in Section 17210 of the Penal Code, if it is attached to a firearm with a barrel measuring 16 inches or more in length.
3002.5. Where a firearm is authorized in this division to be used for the taking of a bird or mammal, a person may use a lawfully possessed silencer, as defined in Section 17210 of the Penal Code, if it is attached to a firearm with a barrel measuring 16 inches or more in length.
3002.5. Where a firearm is authorized in this division to be used for the taking of a bird or mammal, a person may use a lawfully possessed silencer, as defined in Section 17210 of the Penal Code, if it is attached to a firearm with a barrel measuring 16 inches or more in length.
3002.5. Where a firearm is authorized in this division to be used for the taking of a bird or mammal, a person may use a lawfully possessed silencer, as defined in Section 17210 of the Penal Code, if it is attached to a firearm with a barrel measuring 16 inches or more in length.
SEC. 2. Section 33410 of the Penal Code is amended to read:33410. Any person who within this state possesses a silencer that is attached to a firearm with a barrel measuring less than 16 inches in length is guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
SEC. 2. Section 33410 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
### SEC. 2.
33410. Any person who within this state possesses a silencer that is attached to a firearm with a barrel measuring less than 16 inches in length is guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
33410. Any person who within this state possesses a silencer that is attached to a firearm with a barrel measuring less than 16 inches in length is guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
33410. Any person who within this state possesses a silencer that is attached to a firearm with a barrel measuring less than 16 inches in length is guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
33410. Any person who within this state possesses a silencer that is attached to a firearm with a barrel measuring less than 16 inches in length is guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.