---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: firearm safety certificate."
description: "Existing law, subject to exceptions, prohibits a person from purchasing or receiving any handgun without a valid handgun safety certificate, and prohibits any person from selling, delivering, loaning, or transferring any handgun to any person who does not have a valid handgun safety certificate, with exceptions, as specified. Under existing law, a violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 683"
citation: "California SB 683 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Firearms: firearm safety certificate."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Block"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa461b25-2af5-4e67-b70d-418895b3b131"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB683"
source_hash: "1d4ffcb26482e1bf215f78639df1eecc8124b9866336a37226c62c7be1ee6a06"
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 683 (20132014) — Firearms: firearm safety certificate.

Existing law, subject to exceptions, prohibits a person from purchasing or receiving any handgun without a valid handgun safety certificate, and prohibits any person from selling, delivering, loaning, or transferring any handgun to any person who does not have a valid handgun safety certificate, with exceptions, as specified. Under existing law, a violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB683&version=20130SB68399INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB683&version=20130SB68398AMD)
3. **05/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB683&version=20130SB68397AMD)
4. **08/07/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB683&version=20130SB68396AMD)
5. **09/03/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB683&version=20130SB68395AMD)
6. **10/11/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB683&version=20130SB68393CHP)
7. **SB683** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB683)
8. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB683&version=20130SB68394ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB683 Block Concurrence — **25–11** (pass) · upper
- Special Order — **28–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- SB 683 Block Senate Third Reading By STONE — **46–30** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Block — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 568.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2013-05-06** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1018.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Made Special Order for Wednesday, May 29, at 10:30 a.m.
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 1150.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-17** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-07** 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`
- **2013-08-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (August 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-21** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 3026.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 2292.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2013-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 761, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa461b25-2af5-4e67-b70d-418895b3b131`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).