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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 308

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Relating to: pepper spray and CS gel substances.

Public safety Sales

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a person is prohibited from selling, possessing, using, or

transporting any container into which tear gas or any similar substance can be used

or placed for use to cause bodily discomfort, panic, or damage to property. Current

law provides that this prohibition does not apply to any device or container that

contains a combination of oleoresin of capsicum and inert ingredients, commonly

known as pepper spray. This bill specifies that the current prohibition on tear gas

substances also does not apply to any device or container that contains CS gel and

inert ingredients. CS gel is defined as nonatomizing, gel-form

chlorobenzalmalononitrile, which is a product that has a similar effect to pepper

spray.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Born (R) , Bowen (D) , Brandtjen (R) , Dittrich (R) , Fields (D) , Horlacher (R) , Jagler (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Ramthun (R) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

7 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Nass (R) , Petrowski (R) , Ringhand (D) , Tiffany (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 11, Noes 2

Passed 11–2 Nov 6, 2019 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Horlacher, Fields, Ballweg, Bowen, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Jagler, Kulp, Macco, Ramthun, Skowronski, Spiros, Spreitzer, Steffen, Thiesfeldt, Tusler, Wichgers and Born; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Ringhand, Carpenter, Cowles, Nass, Petrowski and Tiffany

  2. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Sep 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 16, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative McGuire

  5. Oct 17, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Nov 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 11, Noes 2

  7. Nov 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-12-2019 by Committee on Rules

  9. Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  10. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1