California Democrats in the State Senate suspended procedural rules for Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed Constitutional amendment to limit gun access, allowing the resolution to go to the Senate floor after just one policy committee hearing on August 29 and not be treated as legislation.
As a result of the suspension of procedure means the bill will face less opportunity for public debate.
Newsom’s proposed “Right to Safety” amendment would require universal background checks, end gun ownership to those under 21 except in highly limited circumstances, create a national minimum waiting period before guns can be transferred from sellers to buyers, and ban “assault weapons and other weapons of war.”