The California legislature is slated to hear a number of high-profile bills before the session ends in five weeks. Among those are a proposal to tax guns and ammunition, a ban on chemicals in food products including Skittles and other popular candies, and legislation to curb light pollution.
All three bills were heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday and placed in a suspense file, where the appropriations committees will review the fiscal impact of bills before going to the full floor.Firearms and ammunition excise tax
The bill, known as the Gun Violence Prevention, Healing, and Recovery Act, is expected to provide $160 million annually from the taxes raised. Those funds would be allocated to a wide range of gun violence prevention programs through the California Treasury, and if passed, the policies would begin on July 1, 2024.
“A.B. 28 is nothing more than a discriminatory tax on the Second Amendment, penalizing law-abiding gun owners for exercising their constitutionally protected rights,” NRA California Director Dan Reid told the Washington Examiner. “This tax unfairly targets law-abiding persons, forcing them to subsidize programs that, if funded, should be paid for by the taxpayers as a whole. If passed, the NRA is prepared to immediately pursue a legal challenge and is confident it will be struck down.
A group of manufacturers of titanium dioxide has opposed A.B. 418, claiming the bill “unnecessarily politicizes'' the safety of the additives and undermines the process that determines the risks of the substances.
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