Sacramento, CA – Senate Bill 53, authored by Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – Burbank), passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee today. The bill expands on Senator Portantino’s earlier firearm safe storage law by expanding efforts to thwart suicide, unintentional shootings, and theft. Senator Portantino’s prior legislation, SB 172, was passed and signed in 2019. SB 53 builds on that effort and will make Californians even more safe. President Biden is modeling a national safe storage effort on SB 172 and Senator Portantino has been invited by the White House to promote safe storage efforts.
