Legislative Updates
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These Appropriations bills are all SCI priority watch bills.
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AB 1183 (Ramos)
California Desert Conservation Program passed out of the Assembly with concurrence in DSenate amendments and will go to the governor for his action.
This bill establishes the California Desert Conservation Program at the Wildlife Conservation Board to acquire, preserve, restore, and enhance desert habitat within the California deserts region.
AB 1191 (McCarty)
Firearms
Firearms: tracing passed out of the Assembly with concurrence in Senate amendments and will go tot he governor for his action.
This bill requires Department of Justice (DOJ) to analyze information reported by law enforcement agencies regarding the history of a recovered firearm that is illegally possessed, has been used in a crime, or is suspected of having been used in a crime. Requires DOJ to submit a report to the Legislature summarizing the analysis, as specified.
AB 223 (Ward)
Wildlife
Dudleya: taking and possession passed out of the Assembly with concurrence in Senate amendments and will go to the governor for his action.
This bill makes it a misdemeanor to uproot, harvest or cut dudleya from state or local government property or from private property without permission and to sell, export, or purchase dudleya that was taken illegally.
Dudleya is a genus of succulent plants. They grow in unique niches close to the coastline along the cliffside’s in California adjacent to the water.
AB 817 (Wood)
Sport Fishing Licenses: electronic display:12-consecutive-month licensees passed out of the Senate and will go back to the Assembly for concurrence in Senate amendments.
This bill authorizes the director of the Department of Fish and Wildlife to issue a 12-consecutive-month sport fishing license, among other things.
AB 1057 (Petrie-Norris(D)
Firearms passed out of the Senate and will go back to the Assembly for concurrence in Senate amendments.
Firearms
This bill includes starting July 1,2022, within the definition of “firearm” a frame or receiver of the weapon or firearm precursor part for purposes of a Gun Violence Restraining Order (GVRO) and a Domestic Violence Restraining Order (DVRO)