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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Firearms: mentally disordered persons."
+description: "Existing law prohibits a person from possessing a firearm or deadly weapon for a period of 6 months when the person has communicated a serious threat of physical violence against a reasonably identifiable victim or victims to a licensed psychotherapist. Existing law requires the licensed psychotherapist to immediately report the identity of the person to a local law enforcement agency, and requires the local law enforcement agency to immediately notify the Department of Justice."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20132014"
+identifier: "SB 127"
+citation: "California SB 127 (20132014)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Firearms: mentally disordered persons."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gaines"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2013-01-22"
+last_action: "2013-10-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e9115fb-32b1-4486-a626-67de0849eece"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB127"
+source_hash: "e2cdb6e21d7ac6bb9493eee22ed5d4619943ca7e461ddf03d25a095231466c2e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California SB 127 (20132014) — Firearms: mentally disordered persons.
+
+Existing law prohibits a person from possessing a firearm or deadly weapon for a period of 6 months when the person has communicated a serious threat of physical violence against a reasonably identifiable victim or victims to a licensed psychotherapist. Existing law requires the licensed psychotherapist to immediately report the identity of the person to a local law enforcement agency, and requires the local law enforcement agency to immediately notify the Department of Justice.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **01/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB127&version=20130SB12799INT)
+2. **03/19/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB127&version=20130SB12798AMD)
+3. **04/01/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB127&version=20130SB12797AMD)
+4. **05/06/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB127&version=20130SB12796AMD)
+5. **10/11/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB127&version=20130SB12794CHP)
+6. **SB127** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB127)
+7. **09/11/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB127&version=20130SB12795ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
+- Special Consent #5 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- SB 127 Gaines Senate Third Reading By MELENDEZ — **77–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gaines — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-01-22** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2013-01-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 22.
+- **2013-01-31** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-03-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2013-03-20** Set for hearing April 16.
+- **2013-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2013-04-10** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2013-04-11** Set for hearing April 30.
+- **2013-05-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 755.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2013-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
+- **2013-05-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2013-05-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
+- **2013-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2013-05-15** Ordered to special consent calendar.
+- **2013-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 971.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2013-05-20** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2013-06-17** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2013-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2013-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2997.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2013-09-09** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
+- **2013-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7 p.m.
+- **2013-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2013-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 753, Statutes of 2013.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e9115fb-32b1-4486-a626-67de0849eece`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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