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SB-1020 Law enforcement agency regulations: shooting range targets.(2023-2024)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 13658 is added to the Penal Code, to read:

13658.
 (a) Each law enforcement agency and basic course presenter shall have a policy prohibiting the use of ethnic shooting targets for any training, qualification, competition, or other range activities that are sponsored by the agency or presenter, take place on any agency or presenter property, or involve the participation of any agency or presenter personnel or those attending a basic course.
(b) The policy described in subdivision (a) shall also prohibit providing ethnic shooting targets to any peace officer or basic course attendee for personal use.
(c) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Ethnic shooting target” means any physical range target that depicts a human form or part of a human form that includes skin colors or facial features from which a person might reasonably discern a race or ethnicity of the person depicted. An “ethnic shooting target” does not include a silhouette target or a human form target that does not have facial features.
(2) “Law enforcement agency” means any department or agency of the state or any county, city, or other political subdivision thereof that employs any peace officer described in Section 830 that is authorized to carry a firearm.
(3) “Basic course presenter” means any school or other training facility certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to provide basic course training or any in-service training to peace officers that involves live-fire firearms training.
(d) This section does not prohibit the use of a realistic training simulator that utilizes live actors or live actors in video playback.
SEC. 2.
 If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.