29185. (a) No person, firm, or corporation, other than a federally licensed firearms manufacturer or importer, shall use a computer numerical control (CNC) milling machine to manufacture a firearm, including a completed frame or receiver or a firearm precursor part.
(b) It is unlawful to sell, offer to sell, or transfer a CNC milling machine that has the sole or primary function of manufacturing firearms to any person in this state, other than a federally licensed firearms manufacturer or importer.
(c) It is unlawful for any person in this state other than a federally licensed firearms manufacturer or importer to possess, purchase, or receive a CNC milling machine that has the sole or primary function of manufacturing firearms.
(d) Subdivisions (b) and (c) do not apply to any of the following:
(1) A person who is engaged in the business of selling manufacturing equipment to a federally licensed firearms manufacturer or importer who possesses a CNC milling machine with the intent to sell or transfer the CNC milling machine to a federally licensed firearms manufacturer or importer.
(2) A common carrier licensed under state law, or a motor carrier, air carrier or carrier affiliated with an air carrier through common controlling interest that is subject to Title 49 of the United States Code, or an authorized agent of any such carrier, when acting in the course and scope of duties incident to the receipt, processing, transportation, or delivery of property.
(3) A person who, before the effective date of the act that added this section, possessed a CNC milling machine that has the sole or primary function of manufacturing firearms and who, within 90 days after that date, does one of the following:
(A) Sells or transfers the machine to a federally licensed firearms manufacturer or importer.
(B) Sells or transfers the machine to a person described in paragraph (1).
(C) Removes the machine from this state.
(D) Relinquished the machine to a law enforcement agency.
(E) Otherwise lawfully terminates possession of the machine.
(e) This section does not apply to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard, while on duty and acting within the scope and course of employment, or any law enforcement agency or forensic laboratory.
(f) A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 76, Sec. 25. (AB 1621) Effective June 30, 2022.)