--- type: "Bill" title: "Firearms: mentally disordered persons." description: "Existing law prohibits a person from possessing a firearm or deadly weapon for a period of 6 months when the person has communicated a serious threat of physical violence against a reasonably identifiable victim or victims to a licensed psychotherapist. Existing law requires the licensed psychotherapist to immediately report the identity of the person to a local law enforcement agency, and requires the local law enforcement agency to immediately notify the Department of Justice." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20132014" identifier: "SB 127" citation: "California SB 127 (20132014)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Firearms: mentally disordered persons."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Gaines"] version_count: 7 action_count: 25 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2013-01-22" last_action: "2013-10-11" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e9115fb-32b1-4486-a626-67de0849eece" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB127" source_hash: "e2cdb6e21d7ac6bb9493eee22ed5d4619943ca7e461ddf03d25a095231466c2e" 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 SB 127 (20132014) — Firearms: mentally disordered persons. Existing law prohibits a person from possessing a firearm or deadly weapon for a period of 6 months when the person has communicated a serious threat of physical violence against a reasonably identifiable victim or victims to a licensed psychotherapist. Existing law requires the licensed psychotherapist to immediately report the identity of the person to a local law enforcement agency, and requires the local law enforcement agency to immediately notify the Department of Justice. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **01/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB127&version=20130SB12799INT) 2. **03/19/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB127&version=20130SB12798AMD) 3. **04/01/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB127&version=20130SB12797AMD) 4. **05/06/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB127&version=20130SB12796AMD) 5. **10/11/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB127&version=20130SB12794CHP) 6. **SB127** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB127) 7. **09/11/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB127&version=20130SB12795ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower - Special Consent #5 — **36–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower - SB 127 Gaines Senate Third Reading By MELENDEZ — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Gaines — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2013-01-22** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction` - **2013-01-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 22. - **2013-01-31** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2013-03-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2013-03-20** Set for hearing April 16. - **2013-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2013-04-10** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2013-04-11** Set for hearing April 30. - **2013-05-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 755.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage` - **2013-05-03** Set for hearing May 13. - **2013-05-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2013-05-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage` - **2013-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2013-05-15** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2013-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 971.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2013-05-20** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2013-06-17** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage` - **2013-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2013-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2997.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2013-09-09** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. - **2013-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7 p.m. - **2013-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2013-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 753, Statutes of 2013. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e9115fb-32b1-4486-a626-67de0849eece`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).