--- type: "Bill" title: "Firearms: gun violence restraining orders." description: "(1) Existing law allows a court to issue a gun violence restraining order prohibiting and enjoining a named person from having in his or her custody or control any firearms or ammunition if the person poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself, or another by having a firearm or ammunition in his or her custody or control. Existing law establishes a civil restraining order process to accomplish that purpose." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 1200" citation: "California SB 1200 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Firearms: gun violence restraining orders."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"] version_count: 7 action_count: 27 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2018-02-15" last_action: "2018-09-28" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac47412a-3723-4f86-9c8d-911273afba3e" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1200" source_hash: "544ff3dc57fc346f77ee87a7f18d0a0b91d84630b3fbb08e088c9bf4579819f4" 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 1200 (20172018) — Firearms: gun violence restraining orders. (1) Existing law allows a court to issue a gun violence restraining order prohibiting and enjoining a named person from having in his or her custody or control any firearms or ammunition if the person poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself, or another by having a firearm or ammunition in his or her custody or control. Existing law establishes a civil restraining order process to accomplish that purpose. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1200&version=20170SB120099INT) 2. **03/21/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1200&version=20170SB120098AMD) 3. **08/06/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1200&version=20170SB120097AMD) 4. **08/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1200&version=20170SB120096AMD) 5. **09/28/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1200&version=20170SB120094CHP) 6. **SB1200** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1200) 7. **09/07/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1200&version=20170SB120095ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower - Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper - SB 1200 Skinner Senate Third Reading By GIPSON — **64–1** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **30–8** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB1200 Skinner Concurrence — **22–5** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Skinner — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18. - **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2018-03-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2018-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-05** Set for hearing April 17. - **2018-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4700.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-04-20** Set for hearing April 30. - **2018-04-30** April 30 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2018-05-18** Set for hearing May 25. - **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4306.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 4351.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2018-06-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2018-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-08-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-20** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2018-08-20** Ordered to third reading. - **2018-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2018-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 22. Noes 5. Page 6187.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m. - **2018-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 898, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac47412a-3723-4f86-9c8d-911273afba3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).