--- type: "Bill" title: "Firearms: prohibited persons." description: "Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of a felony from possessing a firearm. A violation of that prohibition is a felony. Existing law also prohibits a person who has been convicted of a specified misdemeanor from possessing a firearm for a period of 10 years. A violation of that prohibition may be punished as either a misdemeanor or a felony." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 3129" citation: "California AB 3129 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Firearms: prohibited persons."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Rubio"] version_count: 6 action_count: 24 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2018-02-16" last_action: "2018-09-28" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57bfe849-955b-4e80-98f8-124c9c4180a4" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3129" source_hash: "d429bfa2a5d943c43bc1058267c557d2af32ad43a21fdc7c51e4c4087eb10cff" 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 3129 (20172018) — Firearms: prohibited persons. Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of a felony from possessing a firearm. A violation of that prohibition is a felony. Existing law also prohibits a person who has been convicted of a specified misdemeanor from possessing a firearm for a period of 10 years. A violation of that prohibition may be punished as either a misdemeanor or a felony. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3129&version=20170AB312999INT) 2. **03/19/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3129&version=20170AB312998AMD) 3. **07/02/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3129&version=20170AB312997AMD) 4. **09/28/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3129&version=20170AB312995CHP) 5. **AB3129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3129) 6. **08/29/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3129&version=20170AB312996ENR) ## Votes - AB 3129 RUBIO Assembly Third Reading — **45–16** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB3129 Rubio By Skinner — **26–7** (pass) · upper - AB 3129 RUBIO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **53–19** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–2** (pass) · upper - Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **11–1** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Rubio — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19. - **2018-03-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2018-03-19** 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` - **2018-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-05-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 16. Page 5563.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2018-06-13** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2018-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2018-07-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2018-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2018-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 7. Page 5653.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2018-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 19. Page 6663.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2018-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 883, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57bfe849-955b-4e80-98f8-124c9c4180a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).