Sen. Portantino, who sponsored the bill, said backers were sure they had the necessary votes.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gun-control advocates could have had another victory in their very successful California legislative session that ended Thursday if not for a risky move supported by Gov. Gavin Newsom that backfired on a bill to impose new limits on carrying concealed weapons after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down old rules.
Sen. Anthony Portantino, who sponsored the bill, said backers were sure they had the necessary votes until retiring Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell, a fellow Democrat, defected and voted against it. “I’m not going to pass something, even on my last day in the Legislature, that may not be constitutional,” O’Donnell said.
Bonta, who was appointed attorney general by Newsom, was personally working the concealed weapons bill in the Capitol until the end, while Newsom was involved “significantly” in pushing for its passage, Portantino said. When the Supreme Court issued what Newsom termed a “shameful” decision overturning New York’s concealed carry law and those in other states including California, he and Bonta promised swift action. But New York and other states have been able to act more quickly.
While Portantino can introduce the bill or a revision soon after the November election, lawmakers won’t go back to work in earnest until January. And the new bill will have to go through the usual legislative process, surviving multiple committees and both legislative chambers before it could go to Newsom for his signature.
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