---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms."
description: "(1) Existing law, subject to exceptions, requires a firearm transaction to be conducted by a licensed firearms dealer. Existing law establishes requirements that dealers must adhere to in conducting firearms transactions and when delivering firearms, including, among others, a 10-day waiting period, purchaser background check, and possession of a handgun safety certificate by the purchaser."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1609"
citation: "California AB 1609 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alejo"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2014-02-06"
last_action: "2014-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa9895f6-c1ec-4b58-8538-73bdf838cab8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1609"
source_hash: "6d7436f2eb0e77d69adf92f3f28c63a5518f022605bb21ca9e510a276b028f9c"
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 1609 (20132014) — Firearms.

(1) Existing law, subject to exceptions, requires a firearm transaction to be conducted by a licensed firearms dealer. Existing law establishes requirements that dealers must adhere to in conducting firearms transactions and when delivering firearms, including, among others, a 10-day waiting period, purchaser background check, and possession of a handgun safety certificate by the purchaser.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1609&version=20130AB160999INT)
2. **05/23/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1609&version=20130AB160998AMD)
3. **06/17/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1609&version=20130AB160997AMD)
4. **08/19/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1609&version=20130AB160996AMD)
5. **09/30/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1609&version=20130AB160994CHP)
6. **AB1609** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1609)
7. **09/04/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1609&version=20130AB160995ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1609 Alejo By Wolk — **22–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 1609 ALEJO Assembly Third Reading — **49–25** (pass) · lower
- AB 1609 ALEJO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **49–27** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alejo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2014-02-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5088.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 5222.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-17** 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-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 11. Page 4892.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 24. Page 6646.)
- **2014-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 6656.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2014-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 878, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa9895f6-c1ec-4b58-8538-73bdf838cab8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).