---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: multiburst trigger activators."
description: "Existing law prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale, transfer, or possession of any multiburst trigger activator. Existing law defines a multiburst trigger activator as either a device designed or redesigned to be attached to a semiautomatic firearm, which allows the firearm to discharge two or more shots in a burst by activating the device, or a manual or power-driven trigger activating device constructed and designed so that when attached to a semiautomatic firearm it increases the rate of fire of that firearm."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1346"
citation: "California SB 1346 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms: multiburst trigger activators."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29ac82b1-6687-46b1-a51b-f4c4e3cb4eec"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1346"
source_hash: "a19fe8999247eba344744bd989e28c359029d1476a11f3c05c5b22bb05755350"
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 1346 (20172018) — Firearms: multiburst trigger activators.

Existing law prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale, transfer, or possession of any multiburst trigger activator. Existing law defines a multiburst trigger activator as either a device designed or redesigned to be attached to a semiautomatic firearm, which allows the firearm to discharge two or more shots in a burst by activating the device, or a manual or power-driven trigger activating device constructed and designed so that when attached to a semiautomatic firearm it increases the rate of fire of that firearm.

## 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=201720180SB1346&version=20170SB134699INT)
2. **08/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1346&version=20170SB134698AMD)
3. **09/26/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1346&version=20170SB134696CHP)
4. **SB1346** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1346)
5. **09/07/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1346&version=20170SB134697ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1346 Jackson Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL — **57–19** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1346 Jackson et al. Concurrence — **28–9** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **26–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Baker — coauthor (person)
- Gabriel — principal coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2018-04-02** April 10 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-04-06** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4819.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 8. Page 4940.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-13** 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 28. Noes 9. Page 6170.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2018-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 795, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29ac82b1-6687-46b1-a51b-f4c4e3cb4eec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).