
State bills to watch
Key 2022 state bills of interest to hunters
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AB 1753 (James Gallagher, R-Yuba City): Would decrease opportunities for lenience for extreme poaching activities, including take of over three times bag limit, using bait or spotlighting for trophy big game).
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AB 2387 (Eduardo Garcia, D-Coachella, and Kevin Mullin, D-South San Francisco): This $7.4 billion resources bond includes money to provide water for the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, as well as for infrastructure under the Central Valley Improvement Act, which ensures that wetlands receive water from the Central Valley Project.
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SB 865 (Bill Dodd, D-Napa): Would permanently extend to age 17 eligibility for the junior hunting license.
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SB 1244 (Dave Cortese, D-San Jose): Will be amended to become a CWA-sponsored bill that would ensure cigarette tax monies earmarked for waterfowl — about $1.1 million per year — are spent on operation and maintenance of state wildlife areas.
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AB 1227 (Mark Levine, D-Marin): Would add an additional 11% excise tax on the sale sporting arms and munitions for gun violence prevention purposes.
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SB 505 (Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley): Would require firearm owners to obtain liability insurance to cover damages from accidental or negligent use of their firearm(s).
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AB 1737 (Chris Holden, D-Pasadena): Would increase costs, paperwork and regulations for youth outdoor camps.
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AB 2571 (Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, D-San Ramon): Would prohibit the marketing or advertising of firearm-related products to minors, subject to significant financial penalties for each violation.
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SB 856 (Bill Dodd, D-Napa): Would make a number of changes to management of wild pigs. CWA has concerns about decline of revenue to the Big Game Management Account, loss of game species status for pigs, allowance for night hunting and other provisions.
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SB 906 (Anthony Portantino, D-La Cañada Flintridge): Would require local educational agencies to require the parents or guardians of pupils to disclose whether any firearms are located at the pupil’s home and to answer questions about the ownership, storage and accessibility by the pupil of the firearms.
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SB 915 (Dave Min, D-Irvine): Would ban the sale of firearms or ammunition on state property.
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SB 1384 (Dave Min, D-Irvine): Would require a licensed firearm dealer to have a digital video surveillance system on their business premise and would require that dealer to carry a policy of general liability insurance, as specified.
OPPOSE
Bill Text (oppose)
AB-1227 Firearms and ammunition: Excise tax
SB-505 Civil law: Firearms liability and insurance
AB-1737 Children's camps: Safety
AB-2571 Firearms: Advertising to minors
SB-906 School safety: Homicide threats
SB-915 Firearms: State property
SB-1384 Firearms: Dealer requirements