---
type: "Bill"
title: "Search warrants: firearms."
description: "Existing law establishes various grounds for the issuance of a search warrant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 532"
citation: "California AB 532 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Search warrants: firearms."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2009-02-25"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/304244c9-80f4-4d63-b7a0-c21ff2ee7fb6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB532"
source_hash: "009d8cceaf86c9ce3dc890f2ad008959baf7216f3286713cdf4f7cf5b5c5f820"
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 532 (20092010) — Search warrants: firearms.

Existing law establishes various grounds for the issuance of a search warrant.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB532&version=20090AB53299INT)
2. **04/13/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB532&version=20090AB53298AMD)
3. **06/26/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB532&version=20090AB53297AMD)
4. **08/26/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB532&version=20090AB53296AMD)
5. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB532&version=20090AB53294CHP)
6. **AB532** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB532)
7. **09/09/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB532&version=20090AB53295ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB532 Lieu By Pavley — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 532 LIEU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 532 LIEU Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lieu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2009-03-31** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-18** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1550.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 16). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-26** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-26** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 6. Page 2057.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-03** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2970.)
- **2009-09-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2979.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 7 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 450, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/304244c9-80f4-4d63-b7a0-c21ff2ee7fb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).