---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: purchasing restrictions."
description: "Existing law provides that no person shall make an application to purchase more than one handgun within any 30-day period. Existing law also exempts various entities from this restriction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1286"
citation: "California AB 1286 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms: purchasing restrictions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huber"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0654fee8-f8df-4f12-8467-160de0c8d370"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1286"
source_hash: "a6f53ec7eea4f2c6c14ef80db6e5b003e11858d3068fafed23a7cfc10b3b9ed2"
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 1286 (20092010) — Firearms: purchasing restrictions.

Existing law provides that no person shall make an application to purchase more than one handgun within any 30-day period. Existing law also exempts various entities from this restriction.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1286&version=20090AB128699INT)
2. **08/06/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1286&version=20090AB128697CHP)
3. **AB1286** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1286)
4. **06/26/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1286&version=20090AB128698ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1286 HUBER Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #10 AB1286 Huber — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Huber — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-31** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1626.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-22** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1429.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-24** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2009-06-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2009-07-01** Withdrawn from Governor.
- **2009-07-01** Ordered returned to enrollment.
- **2009-07-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2009-08-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 144, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0654fee8-f8df-4f12-8467-160de0c8d370`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).