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Assembly committee advances bill to extend firearm prohibitions to some juvenile adjudications
Summary
The Assembly Public Safety Committee passed AB 383, which would expand certain firearm-possession prohibitions to include some juvenile adjudications, after amendments that narrowed the reach for simple possession. Supporters cite public-safety data; opponents say the measure risks over-criminalizing youth and harming communities of color.
Assemblymember Laurie Davies, author of Assembly Bill 383, asked the Assembly Public Safety Committee for an aye vote on a measure that would amend California’s firearm laws to apply certain firearm-possession prohibitions to juvenile adjudications.
AB 383 would amend portions of the Penal Code that prohibit firearm possession by persons convicted of felonies so that certain juvenile adjudications would also trigger those prohibitions. Davies said she would accept committee amendments that, among other changes, move a prohibition tied to simple possession from an age-30 bar to an age-25 bar.
“Ensuring that juveniles who have committed…
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