---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: magazine capacity."
description: "(1) Existing law prohibits the sale, gift, and loan of a large-capacity magazine. A violation of this prohibition is punishable as a misdemeanor with specified penalties or as a felony."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1446"
citation: "California SB 1446 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms: magazine capacity."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d15c9132-1d57-46f2-b56f-61265a262af6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1446"
source_hash: "3b689ff2ee20fa59f37637d94beb8a309b233afb29dcd45dc7d651fb915cd791"
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 1446 (20152016) — Firearms: magazine capacity.

(1) Existing law prohibits the sale, gift, and loan of a large-capacity magazine. A violation of this prohibition is punishable as a misdemeanor with specified penalties or as a felony.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1446&version=20150SB144699INT)
2. **03/28/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1446&version=20150SB144698AMD)
3. **07/01/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1446&version=20150SB144696CHP)
4. **SB1446** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1446)
5. **06/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1446&version=20150SB144697ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **22–15** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–3** (pass) · upper
- SB 1446 Hancock Senate Third Reading By LOW — **44–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Hall — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-15** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2016-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-30** April 5 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-04-01** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2016-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 3. Page 3615.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-22** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2016-04-28** May 2 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-05-11** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2016-05-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2016-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 3901.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-23** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 5473.)
- **2016-06-23** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-06-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 44. Noes 31. Page 5575.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-06-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2016-07-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 58, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d15c9132-1d57-46f2-b56f-61265a262af6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).