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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Firearms: dealer records of sale."
+description: "Existing law requires, except as exempted, any sale, loan, or transfer of a firearm to be conducted through a licensed firearm dealer, as specified."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20232024"
+identifier: "AB 574"
+citation: "California AB 574 (20232024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Firearms", "dealer records of sale"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jones-Sawyer"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2023-02-08"
+last_action: "2023-09-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/641405f1-e0f1-46a2-a4b9-cff8df75ecfd"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB574"
+source_hash: "d26d677d12475dd1b440ed607c0c1fa23390e403011fa11d7ad03179400154b6"
+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 574 (20232024) — Firearms: dealer records of sale.
+
+Existing law requires, except as exempted, any sale, loan, or transfer of a firearm to be conducted through a licensed firearm dealer, as specified.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/08/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB574&version=20230AB57499INT)
+2. **03/09/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB574&version=20230AB57498AMD)
+3. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB574&version=20230AB57497AMD)
+4. **09/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB574&version=20230AB57496AMD)
+5. **09/26/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB574&version=20230AB57494CHP)
+6. **AB574** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB574)
+7. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB574&version=20230AB57495ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
+- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **3–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **11–2** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB574 Jones-Sawyer By Ashby — **27–9** (pass) · upper
+- AB 574 Jones-Sawyer Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **59–16** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 574 Jones-Sawyer Assembly Third Reading — **58–13** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
+- **2023-03-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-03-13** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
+- **2023-05-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
+- **2023-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 13. Page 2059.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-14** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
+- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 2711.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
+- **2023-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 3484.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
+- **2023-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 237, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/641405f1-e0f1-46a2-a4b9-cff8df75ecfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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