AB 762

This bill requires a person to store any firearm he or she possesses in a securely

locked box or container or other secure locked location or with a trigger lock engaged

if the person resides with a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm under

state law. A person who violates this requirement is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor

for a first offense and a Class I felony for a repeat offense. State law currently

prohibits the following persons from possessing a firearm: persons who have been

convicted of a felony; persons found not guilty of a felony by reason of mental disease

or defect; persons who are subject to certain injunctions such as a domestic abuse or

child abuse injunction or, in certain cases, a harassment or an individuals-at-risk

injunction; and persons who have been involuntarily committed for mental health

treatment and ordered not to possess a firearm.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,

the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a

report.