STATEMENT TO

 

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 3717

 

with Assembly Floor Amendments

(Proposed by Assemblywoman LAMPITT)

 

ADOPTED: MAY 20, 2013


 

 

      Assembly Bill No. 3717(1R) requires certain mental health records required by federal law to be submitted to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).

      These Assembly amendments clarify that all records, including those required by federal law and those required by State law, that are  needed to determine whether a person is disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm must be submitted to NICS.

      The amendments also clarify that submission of these records is in compliance with both the NICS Improvement Amendments Act and the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.