---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms."
description: "(1) Existing law, subject to exceptions, generally requires the loan of a firearm to be conducted by a firearms dealer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 172"
citation: "California SB 172 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 37
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b100aec0-4bd4-4866-9c40-9ffacbb42af7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB172"
source_hash: "efd6f54494a800566a7f48dea17ed9d0bc2f1b6a2bead81bc7f8c6ee91620e57"
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 172 (20192020) — Firearms.

(1) Existing law, subject to exceptions, generally requires the loan of a firearm to be conducted by a firearms dealer.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/28/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB172&version=20190SB17299INT)
2. **03/25/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB172&version=20190SB17298AMD)
3. **04/09/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB172&version=20190SB17297AMD)
4. **04/25/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB172&version=20190SB17296AMD)
5. **06/12/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB172&version=20190SB17295AMD)
6. **09/03/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB172&version=20190SB17294AMD)
7. **09/06/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB172&version=20190SB17293AMD)
8. **10/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB172&version=20190SB17291CHP)
9. **SB172** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB172)
10. **09/16/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB172&version=20190SB17292ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB172 Portantino et al. — **26–9** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB172 Portantino et al. Concurrence — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **13–4** (pass) · lower
- SB 172 Portantino Senate Third Reading By Gabriel — **52–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — principal coauthor (person)
- Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
- Gabriel — principal coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 28.
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Set for hearing April 2.
- **2019-03-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 525.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2019-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-12** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 775.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
- **2019-05-13** May 13 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-05-14** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 1091.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 1210.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-03** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** Coauthors revised.
- **2019-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-14** August 14 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-06** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 22. Page 3436.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 2888.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2019-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 840, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b100aec0-4bd4-4866-9c40-9ffacbb42af7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).