--- type: "Bill" title: "Firearms." description: "Existing law generally requires that a firearms transaction be conducted through a licensed firearms dealer and prohibits the transfer of a firearm unless the person has been issued a firearms license. Existing law provides various exceptions to this requirement, including for firearms sold or transferred to an authorized law enforcement representative for use by the law enforcement agency." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 693" citation: "California AB 693 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Firearms."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"] version_count: 9 action_count: 28 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2017-02-15" last_action: "2017-10-14" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c137e6cd-dd5f-454b-a064-98240793f92e" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB693" source_hash: "9ca9edfa4afc56ffde46e88555fd71370b71b4bdd4f385536acfb7e78918476f" 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 693 (20172018) — Firearms. Existing law generally requires that a firearms transaction be conducted through a licensed firearms dealer and prohibits the transfer of a firearm unless the person has been issued a firearms license. Existing law provides various exceptions to this requirement, including for firearms sold or transferred to an authorized law enforcement representative for use by the law enforcement agency. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/15/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB693&version=20170AB69399INT) 2. **03/15/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB693&version=20170AB69398AMD) 3. **03/28/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB693&version=20170AB69397AMD) 4. **06/08/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB693&version=20170AB69396AMD) 5. **06/12/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB693&version=20170AB69395AMD) 6. **07/13/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB693&version=20170AB69394AMD) 7. **10/14/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB693&version=20170AB69392CHP) 8. **AB693** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB693) 9. **09/07/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB693&version=20170AB69393ENR) ## Votes - AB 693 IRWIN Concurrence - Urgency Added — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper - AB 693 IRWIN Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB693 Irwin By Stern Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Irwin — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2017-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18. - **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2017-03-15** 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` - **2017-03-16** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2017-03-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 21). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2017-03-28** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2` - **2017-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2017-04-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-05-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1391.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2017-06-08** 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction` - **2017-06-12** 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction` - **2017-06-14** Measure version as amended on June 12 corrected. `amendment-passage` - **2017-06-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-06-22** From Consent Calendar. - **2017-06-22** Ordered to third reading. - **2017-07-13** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2017-07-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2302.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2017-09-05** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2924.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2017-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m. - **2017-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 783, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c137e6cd-dd5f-454b-a064-98240793f92e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).