Penal Code, 1872

A vendor may not make false or missing entries, fail to get the required thumbprint, or otherwise mishandle required records; if the right thumbprint is unavailable, the vendor must use the left thumb or any available finger and note that on the form.

A vendor may not refuse, during an inspection, to let a person authorized under Section 30357 examine relevant records or use records or information.

An ammunition vendor must report certain ammunition losses or thefts to local law enforcement within 48 hours of discovery.

A violation of Sections 30352, 30355, 30360, or 30362 is a misdemeanor.

The department must electronically approve ammunition purchases or transfers through a vendor, and vendors may not provide ammunition without department approval.

The state appropriates $25 million from the General Fund as a loan for ammunition authorization program startup costs, and the Controller must repay it by transferring qualifying fee proceeds back to the General Fund.

If an ammunition purchase or transfer is denied because the buyer is prohibited from possessing ammunition, the Department of Justice must notify local law enforcement. The local agency may investigate but cannot contact the person until it confirms the prohibition and the attempted purchase.

The Department of Justice may issue ammunition vendor licenses and must start accepting applications on July 1, 2017.

The Department of Justice may charge ammunition vendor license applicants a reasonable fee, must deposit the fees in the Ammunition Vendors Special Account, and may use the fund for administering and enforcing this article.

The Department of Justice may issue ammunition vendor licenses to qualified applicants and must keep a registry of licensed ammunition vendors.

A person must not loiter in or around a business that sells alcohol for on-premises consumption in order to beg or solicit customers to buy alcohol for them.

The Board of Parole Hearings may allow eligible prisoners to go on parole outside prison walls and enclosures, and may parole prisoners to camps for paroled prisoners under Section 2792.

A person generally may not buy, sell, offer to sell, or transfer ownership of a non-federally regulated firearm precursor part in this state.

The department may issue a determination about whether an item or kit is a firearm precursor part if it receives a written request or prescribed form.

This section requires parole hearings and related reviews for eligible inmates, sets reporting duties for the board, and restricts when parole can be granted or released.

Before an inmate is released, the Governor may request review of a parole decision. If the Governor does so, the request must be reviewed by the designated commissioners, and the board must follow this chapter.

The Governor must review board-provided materials within 30 days after certain parole actions involving a murder conviction, and must send the inmate a written statement with reasons if the Governor reverses or modifies the parole decision.

This section sets parole hearing procedures and deadlines, including inmate participation rights and board notice requirements.

The Board of Parole Hearings may hold proceedings by videoconference, and a participant’s appearance by videoconference satisfies certain references to meeting, being present, appearing, or representing interests at a proceeding.

At a parole hearing for an inmate serving a life sentence, the inmate has the right to counsel, and the Board of Parole Hearings must notify the prosecutor and Attorney General at least 30 days before the hearing.

The Board of Parole Hearings must translate specified parole-related documents into the five most common languages used by eligible incarcerated persons.

This section requires the parole board to give notice, record and transcribe parole hearings, publish transcripts on time, and wait 60 days before parole release.

This article does not apply to several listed categories of persons and carriers.

This article does not prohibit manufacturing firearm precursor parts under contracts approved by state or federal government agencies.

This section sets notice, attendance, and participation rules for parole suitability hearings involving victims and related persons.

Certain victims and family members attending a parole-suitability hearing may bring one support person of their choice.

The Board of Parole Hearings must allow certain victim-related statements at parole suitability hearings, consider filed statements before deciding, and include a public-safety statement in its report.

Certain parole-suitability hearing participants may appear by videoconference if videoconferencing is available at the hearing site.

This section defines “immediate family” and “household member of the victim” for use in specified parole-related sections.

People interested in a parole decision may submit views, and the board must consider public input and state in its report that it reviewed that input and how it assessed public safety.

At a parole hearing, certain authorized speakers have the right to speak last before the board.

The parole board is the state’s parole authority, must protect victims’ rights, and must conduct parole revocation matters independently and without bias. Parolees get limited procedural rights, including hearings on set timelines and counsel only if specific conditions are met.

A sentence for a crime is not counted as a prior conviction if the person had previously been pardoned expressly on the ground that they were not guilty.

People serving life sentences generally cannot be paroled until they have served the required minimum term, and the parole board must consider and record relevant statements and recommendations when deciding parole.

Most prisoners sentenced before July 1, 1977 cannot be paroled until they serve the minimum term set by law, with limited exceptions for certain older or later-received prisoners.

Some prisoners in an approved research program may be paroled after the required diagnostic study, but yearly releases under this section may not exceed 5% of the prior year’s total releases.

Certain inmates who complete in-prison drug treatment must, when possible, be placed into a 150-day residential aftercare drug treatment program after release; if they complete that aftercare, they must be discharged from parole supervision.

This chapter is named the Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 and the .50 Caliber BMG Regulation Act of 2004.

This section says assault weapons and .50 BMG rifles are viewed as dangerous and that the chapter is intended to restrict their use and create a registration and permit process for lawful sale and possession.

This section requires the Board of Parole Hearings to hold youth offender parole hearings, release eligible individuals on parole at those hearings, and schedule follow-up hearings when parole is not granted.

The board must finish certain youth offender parole hearings by specified deadlines and must conduct the related consultation before January 1, 2018.

This section defines which firearms are treated as “assault weapons” for this chapter and several listed sections.

This section defines which firearms count as “assault weapons,” lists exemptions, and requires the Department of Justice to create a program for exempting certain competitive pistols.

The Board of Parole Hearings may make and enforce rules for when eligible inmates may go on parole outside prison buildings and enclosures.

The Attorney General must prepare and distribute identification descriptions for certain assault weapons, publish and update an assault-weapon list, and adopt needed rules and regulations. Law enforcement agencies must make the description available to personnel.

This section defines “.50 BMG cartridge” by its intended use and four physical measurements.

The Board of Parole Hearings may set parole conditions, including requiring a tuberculosis examination or test when it reasonably suspects infectious tuberculosis exposure.

This section lets parole authorities impose victim-protection and batterer-program conditions on certain parolees, and requires related enrollment, reporting, and assessment steps.

For certain parolees convicted of bias-motivated felony offenses, the parole authority must usually impose conditions barring further violence, threats, stalking, or harassment against the victim or close family/partner.

When parole is granted to certain sex-offense prisoners, the Board of Parole Hearings must check for intoxication or alcohol addiction and, if found, must require total abstinence from alcoholic liquor or beverages as a parole condition.

For certain parole releases involving registered sex crimes, the department must usually order no contact between the parolee and the victim or the victim’s family, and must make the order when requested in specified cases.

Some parolees must not enter a park where children regularly gather unless their parole agent gives express permission.

If an inmate has a prior conviction for a sexually violent offense, the board must consider a comprehensive sex-offender risk assessment when considering parole.

This section defines “.50 BMG rifle” and excludes antique firearms and certain curios or relics.

The Department of Corrections must establish three pilot programs for female parolees, and related officials must administer them and report on their cost-effectiveness.

This section creates the Elderly Parole Program and sets rules for reviewing and hearing parole for qualifying older inmates.

Parolees generally stay under department supervision, but they can be housed in county jail or other county custody settings during revocation-related proceedings under stated conditions.

This section limits how long parole revocation confinement may last, allows the parole authority to extend it in some misconduct cases, and requires release on parole after confinement without a new prison commitment.

It is a misdemeanor for any person to knowingly and wilfully share or threaten to share certain statements about a parolee when the purpose is to cost that person employment or extort money or valuable items.

Parole officers must report certain parole violations involving contact restrictions to the appropriate child protective agency, and the Department of Corrections must give parole officers a yearly written summary of these reporting duties.

The Department of Corrections must, on request, give the chief of police or county sheriff parolee information within 10 days, including photographs and fingerprints where applicable.

The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation must notify specified law enforcement and prosecutors before parole release for certain violent felony inmates, usually 60 days ahead, and must meet shorter deadlines in emergency or late-change situations.

The Department of Corrections must mail notice at least 45 days before release in certain Section 646.9 cases.

The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation must notify specified family members and agencies before certain parole releases, and the notice must include listed release details.

If a sheriff or chief of police is notified that a convicted violent felon is about to be released, they may notify a person they designate as an appropriate recipient. The law enforcement official and the employing public agency are not liable for giving or not giving notice under this section.

This section requires parole-release notice to be sent to certain requested recipients, and requires the requesting person to keep contact information current to keep receiving notice.

The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation must notify specified law enforcement officials and district attorneys before certain parole releases, generally at least 45 days in advance, with shorter notice allowed in limited cases.

A paroled prisoner may not leave the state without permission from the supervising parole agency.

If a prisoner’s parole is revoked, and the prisoner had an additional restitution fine that was suspended under Section 1202.45, the fine must be reinstated without any further court proceeding.

The parole authority must revoke parole and return a prisoner to prison if the prisoner refuses to sign the required registration-explanation form or refuses to provide required blood or saliva samples, subject to stated exceptions.

If a paroled person is returned to custody or has parole revoked for certain conduct, the supervising parole agency must report the circumstances to specified authorities; after release, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation must also inform those authorities.

The parole agency must tell certain high-risk parole or postrelease supervision releasees to report within two days, and may require even faster reporting.

The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may expand parole programs, while the parole authority may assign certain parolees to those programs instead of revocation in some cases.

It is a felony to manufacture, distribute, transport, import, sell, offer, give, or lend an assault weapon or .50 BMG rifle in this state, except as allowed by this chapter.

A person who possesses an assault weapon in this state is subject to criminal punishment, unless a chapter exception applies.

A person who possesses a .50 BMG rifle within this state is subject to punishment, unless an exception in the chapter applies.

A person who commits another crime while violating this article may get an extra one-year consecutive punishment, despite Section 654 or other law.

The Governor may revoke a prisoner’s parole and may issue written authority for a peace officer to retake and return the prisoner to state prison.

This section defines the date a firearm becomes an assault weapon as the earliest of three listed dates.

Certain government and law-enforcement agencies are exempt from sections 30600, 30605, and 30610 when handling assault weapons or .50 BMG rifles for official duties.

A parole may not be suspended or revoked unless there is cause, and the order must state that cause.

Parole generally cannot be suspended or revoked for a nonviolent drug possession offense or a drug-related parole violation, but the parole authority must require drug treatment and the correctional agency has specific notice, hearing, and revocation powers.

If a parolee was ordered to drug treatment as a parole condition, drug testing must be used as part of treatment, and its results cannot be treated as more important than other parts of the treatment program.

In parole revocation or revocation extension proceedings, the parolee or the parolee’s attorney is entitled to a copy of specified police, arrest, crime, criminal history, and child abuse reports.

Parole revocation and parole revocation extension proceedings may be conducted by a one-person panel.

This section exempts certain peace officers and federal law enforcement members from assault-weapon and .50 BMG rifle prohibitions, if they are authorized and meet any registration rules.

Sections 30600 and 30605 do not apply to certain assault-weapon loans or possession during approved firearms training if the enrollee is supervised and specific requirements are met.

Section 30605 does not apply to certain assault-weapon possession during specified post-classification periods if all listed conditions are met.

If a prisoner's parole is suspended or revoked, the prisoner is treated as an escapee and fugitive from justice until return to custody, and that time does not count toward the prison term.

Section 30610 does not apply to certain possession of a .50 BMG rifle before May 1, 2006 if listed conditions are met.

A person with a permit under Section 31005 is exempt from certain sections when manufacturing assault weapons or .50 BMG rifles for sale to specified recipients.

This section says Article 3’s parole provisions apply to prisoners in state prisons, subject to the stated exceptions.

This section exempts certain permit holders from three assault-weapon rules when selling to listed recipients.

This section exempts certain executors or administrators of estates from some assault-weapon and .50 BMG rifle restrictions when the estate property meets specified registration or possession conditions.

Chapter 4.5 of the Government Code does not apply to certain parole hearings or other inmate/parolee adjudications handled by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings.

This section exempts certain lending of a lawfully possessed and registered assault weapon or .50 BMG rifle from some related offenses if specific conditions are met.

This section exempts certain nonresidents from specified firearm possession and importation restrictions when they are traveling to or from an organized competitive match or league competition and meet listed conditions.

Certain parole-eligible inmates must be told about the terms and conditions of release, including release date, supervision period, and possible search, seizure, or incarceration consequences.

Section 30600 does not apply to certain firearm importations by registered owners, and it also does not apply for a limited time to some people who already lawfully possessed a .50 BMG rifle in California before January 1, 2005.

Section 30675 says certain firearm-related sections do not apply to people who are acting under specified permit, registration, or article provisions.

The Department of Corrections must run the Preventing Parolee Crime Program, may expand it under specified conditions, and must complete several evaluation and reporting steps. Parole authority may place some parolees in the program instead of revoking parole, but not for violent or serious felony parole violations.

Certain people who already possessed specified assault weapons before September 1, 2020 are exempt from Section 30605 if they meet listed conditions.

This section lets the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation create and run the PVIS program for certain parole violations, and sets referral, admission, and exclusion rules.

The department must evaluate the PVIS program and report to the Legislature, including a final report and annual status reports, subject to funding and timing rules.

It is a misdemeanor to sell, give, or otherwise furnish alcohol-containing candy, cake, cookie, or chewing gum to a person under 21.

The Department of Corrections must prepare and report a treatment plan for substance-abusing prisoners and parolees.

The Department of Corrections must create a training course for parole officers in California about managing parolees convicted of stalking.

This section defines which firearms count as an “SKS rifle” for this article.

Certain people and businesses connected to SKS rifles in California during 1992–1997 are immune from criminal prosecution, and covered rifles are not subject to seizure before January 1, 2000.