LOS ANGELES — California legislators are advancing a bill aimed at codifying film set safety rules in the wake of the accidental shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The proposed legislation is a narrower attempt at imposing legal safety requirements on film production than previous bills, and would create the first state regulations around the use of firearms and live ammunition on film and TV sets. Producers of the movie were set to resume filming at Yellowstone Film Ranch in Montana on Thursday. In a previous iteration of the legislation, every production would have required a set supervisor for safety with the power to shut down productions. Following Hutchins’ death, California legislators had announced plans to ban guns outright on film sets.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 21, 2023 14:46 UTC