Community engagement: gun violence prevention: grants.
Summary
Under existing law, the Office of Emergency Services contracts for and regulates specified programs addressing community violence prevention and conflict resolution. This bill would create the Community Engagement and Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program to provide grants to local law enforcement agencies to allow those agencies to subscribe to gunshot detection technologies designed to aid law enforcement in responding to and preventing gun violence. The Office of Emergency Services would implement and maintain the grant program, as provided.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2017
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 17, 2017
Last action Feb 1, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Amendments
2
May 26, 2017
Lower · Passed
In committee: Held under submission.
lower
May 17, 2017
Committee
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
lower
May 11, 2017
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
May 10, 2017
Introduced
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.
lower
Apr 19, 2017
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Apr 17, 2017
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 4).
lower
Mar 16, 2017
Committee
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
lower
Feb 19, 2017
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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