---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: large-capacity magazines."
description: "(1) Except as specified, existing law makes it a crime to manufacture, import, keep for sale, offer or expose for sale, or give or lend any large-capacity magazine, and makes a large-capacity magazine a nuisance. Existing law defines \"large-capacity magazine\" to mean any ammunition feeding device with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds but excludes, in pertinent part, a feeding device that has been permanently altered so that the magazine cannot accommodate more than 10 rounds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 48"
citation: "California AB 48 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms: large-capacity magazines."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 35
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2012-12-20"
last_action: "2013-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0700538c-0c81-4e43-bbd2-b6bf10085b71"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB48"
source_hash: "2c10bc66371156e35b5de321a320dc31997ab525567abbc58722d9e02fbdf8dd"
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 48 (20132014) — Firearms: large-capacity magazines.

(1) Except as specified, existing law makes it a crime to manufacture, import, keep for sale, offer or expose for sale, or give or lend any large-capacity magazine, and makes a large-capacity magazine a nuisance. Existing law defines "large-capacity magazine" to mean any ammunition feeding device with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds but excludes, in pertinent part, a feeding device that has been permanently altered so that the magazine cannot accommodate more than 10 rounds.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/20/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB48&version=20130AB4899INT)
2. **02/04/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB48&version=20130AB4898AMD)
3. **04/04/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB48&version=20130AB4897AMD)
4. **05/07/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB48&version=20130AB4896AMD)
5. **05/24/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB48&version=20130AB4895AMD)
6. **06/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB48&version=20130AB4894AMD)
7. **07/09/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB48&version=20130AB4893AMD)
8. **08/12/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB48&version=20130AB4892AMD)
9. **09/06/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB48&version=20130AB4891AMD)
10. **10/11/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB48&version=20130AB4889CHP)
11. **AB48** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB48)
12. **09/18/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB48&version=20130AB4890ENR)

## Votes

- AB 48 SKINNER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **46–30** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB48 Skinner By Block — **22–14** (pass) · upper
- AB 48 SKINNER Assembly Third Reading Amend By MELENDEZ Set #1 Motion to Lay on the Table By ATKINS — **50–25** (pass) · lower
- AB 48 SKINNER Assembly Third Reading — **46–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 48 SKINNER Assembly Third Reading Amend By JONES Set #2 Motion to Lay on the Table By ATKINS — **49–25** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **11–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Skinner — primary (person)
- Alejo — coauthor (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- Bloom — coauthor (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- De León — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-12-20** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-12-21** From printer. May be heard in committee January 20.
- **2013-01-07** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-01-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-04** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2013-02-05** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-04-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-04** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-08** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 26. Page 1730.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-24** 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`
- **2013-07-08** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-09** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-12** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 2313.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-11** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3195.)
- **2013-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 3196.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 728, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0700538c-0c81-4e43-bbd2-b6bf10085b71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).