20250AB__204998AMD INTRODUCED 2026-02-17 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-03-16 2025 AB AMD Introduced by Assembly Member Alanis LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Alanis

An act to add

Section 7583.45.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. professions and vocations Private security services and private investigators: BB devices. Existing law, the Private Security Services Act, requires the Director of Consumer Affairs to administer its provisions.

Existing law requires the business of a licensee under the act to be operated under the direction, control, charge, or management of the licensee, if they are qualified, or the person who is qualified to act as the qualified manager, and establishes requirements for a qualified manager, including obtaining a qualification certificate from the bureau. Existing law defines a BB device as an instrument that expels a projectile, such as a BB or a pellet, through the force of air pressure, gas pressure, or spring action, or any spot marker gun.

This bill would allow a person employed by a licensee to carry or use a BB device meeting certain specifications. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.</xhtml:p>"?> MAJORITY NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION

Section 7583.45.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code , to read: 7583.45.5. A person employed by a private patrol operator licensed pursuant to this

chapter may carry or use a BB device, as defined in

Section of the Penal Code, that has a safety catch or switch, only expels a round nonmetal projectile that is .51 or .68 caliber and weighs under 3.5 grams, expels the projectile at a maximum velocity of feet per second, has the capability to store at least five rounds, and has the ability to fire at least five rounds with one CO2 cartridge. <caml:Num>SEC. 2.</caml:Num><caml:Content><xhtml:p>No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to

Section of

Article XIII<xhtml:span class="ThinSpace"/>B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of

Section of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of

Section of

Article XIII<xhtml:span class="ThinSpace"/>B of the California Constitution.</xhtml:p></caml:Content></caml:BillSection>"?>