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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Firearms."
+description: "(1) Existing law makes it a crime for certain persons to possess a firearm, including, among other persons, persons convicted of a felony, persons who are addicted to the use of a narcotic drug, persons convicted of specified violent offenses, persons who have been adjudicated by a court of any state to be a danger to others as a result of a mental disorder or mental illness, and persons who have been admitted to a facility, are receiving inpatient treatment, and, in the opinion of the attending health professional who is primarily responsible for the patient's treatment, are a danger to themselves or others."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20212022"
+identifier: "AB 2551"
+citation: "California AB 2551 (20212022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Firearms."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["McCarty"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2022-02-17"
+last_action: "2022-07-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da0291db-ea20-4b0c-b35a-3f684880166d"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2551"
+source_hash: "7268c80aaf2f2f6a726d5d296d558506df3c4a1e6ff766529a98893ad701b53e"
+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 AB 2551 (20212022) — Firearms.
+
+(1) Existing law makes it a crime for certain persons to possess a firearm, including, among other persons, persons convicted of a felony, persons who are addicted to the use of a narcotic drug, persons convicted of specified violent offenses, persons who have been adjudicated by a court of any state to be a danger to others as a result of a mental disorder or mental illness, and persons who have been admitted to a facility, are receiving inpatient treatment, and, in the opinion of the attending health professional who is primarily responsible for the patient's treatment, are a danger to themselves or others.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2551&version=20210AB255199INT)
+2. **05/25/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2551&version=20210AB255198AMD)
+3. **06/22/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2551&version=20210AB255197AMD)
+4. **07/12/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2551&version=20210AB255195CHP)
+5. **AB2551** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2551)
+6. **06/30/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2551&version=20210AB255196ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AB 2551 McCarty Assembly Third Reading — **63–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 2551 McCarty Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB2551 McCarty et al. By Nielsen — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- McCarty — primary (person)
+- Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
+- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
+- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
+- Haney — coauthor (person)
+- Members Bloom — coauthor (person)
+- Nielsen — principal coauthor (person)
+- Quirk — coauthor (person)
+- Stone — coauthor (person)
+- Wood — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
+- **2022-03-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2022-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 4613.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2022-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2022-05-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2022-06-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2022-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2022-06-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4532.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2022-06-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2022-06-30** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 19.)
+- **2022-06-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-07-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
+- **2022-07-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2022-07-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 100, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da0291db-ea20-4b0c-b35a-3f684880166d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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