---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gun violence: firearm safety education."
description: "Existing law states that the state has a compelling interest in protecting its citizens from gun violence and from intimidation by persons brandishing weapons. Existing law generally regulates the manufacture, distribution, transportation, and importation of specified firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1598"
citation: "California AB 1598 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gun violence", "firearm safety education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5a120b1-4084-485c-8c40-802a25e563c9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1598"
source_hash: "20bb49d83ef5cbc73244130c59a24dce337943835319aa0e2c69e89d48831a41"
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 1598 (20232024) — Gun violence: firearm safety education.

Existing law states that the state has a compelling interest in protecting its citizens from gun violence and from intimidation by persons brandishing weapons. Existing law generally regulates the manufacture, distribution, transportation, and importation of specified firearms.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1598&version=20230AB159899INT)
2. **03/23/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1598&version=20230AB159898AMD)
3. **04/12/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1598&version=20230AB159897AMD)
4. **05/31/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1598&version=20230AB159896AMD)
5. **08/28/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1598&version=20230AB159895AMD)
6. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1598&version=20230AB159894AMD)
7. **09/26/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1598&version=20230AB159892CHP)
8. **AB1598** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1598)
9. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1598&version=20230AB159893ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1598 Berman Assembly Third Reading — **63–13** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1598 Berman et al. By Rubio — **30–5** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1598 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **65–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-05-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 13. Page 1701.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-31** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 5. Page 2563.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-12** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
- **2023-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 12. Page 3272.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 248, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5a120b1-4084-485c-8c40-802a25e563c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).