Law enforcement
Firearms
AB 1743 expands access to California’s firearm-recovery trend data for government bodies and qualifying colleges.
State and local agencies and eligible researchers may request the data the Department of Justice uses to analyze firearms recovered after illegal possession or suspected criminal use.
What the law does
- Requires the Department of Justice to make its underlying firearm-trend analysis data available on request to California state and local government agencies.
- Extends access to the University of California, the California State University, and qualifying nonprofit accredited private postsecondary institutions for academic and policy research.
- Lets the Attorney General set the conditions and data-format options for these requests.
Who it affects
- California state agencies, towns, cities, and counties seeking firearm-trend data.
- UC, CSU, and qualifying California nonprofit private colleges conducting academic or policy research.
- The Department of Justice and Attorney General, which manage access to the information.
Context
The Department of Justice must retain the collected information for at least 10 years and analyze it for firearm-recovery patterns and trends.