--- type: "Bill" title: "Firearms: prohibited persons." description: "Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of a felony offense or a specified misdemeanor domestic violence offense from possessing or receiving a firearm. Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of specified misdemeanor offenses within the previous 10 years from possessing or receiving a firearm. Existing law prohibits a person who has been taken into custody because that person is a danger to themselves or others, or has been certified for intensive treatment due to a mental disorder or mental illness, from possessing or receiving a firearm, as specified. Existing law prohibits a person who has been placed under conservatorship by a court, has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial, has been found not guilty of specified crimes due to reason of insanity, has been adjudicated by a court to be a danger to others as a result of a mental disorder or mental illness, or who has been adjudicated to be a mentally disordered sex offender from possessing or receiving a firearm, as specified. A violation of any of the prohibitions is punishable as a crime." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "AB 455" citation: "California AB 455 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Firearms", "prohibited persons"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Quirk-Silva"] version_count: 7 action_count: 27 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2023-02-06" last_action: "2023-09-26" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/895a67ef-e3c7-4c7e-8857-60997ec7104a" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB455" source_hash: "e51824d5c1517f0c84ae9b88f142e8d66790ba6173723059887979156570d657" 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 455 (20232024) — Firearms: prohibited persons. Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of a felony offense or a specified misdemeanor domestic violence offense from possessing or receiving a firearm. Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of specified misdemeanor offenses within the previous 10 years from possessing or receiving a firearm. Existing law prohibits a person who has been taken into custody because that person is a danger to themselves or others, or has been certified for intensive treatment due to a mental disorder or mental illness, from possessing or receiving a firearm, as specified. Existing law prohibits a person who has been placed under conservatorship by a court, has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial, has been found not guilty of specified crimes due to reason of insanity, has been adjudicated by a court to be a danger to others as a result of a mental disorder or mental illness, or who has been adjudicated to be a mentally disordered sex offender from possessing or receiving a firearm, as specified. A violation of any of the prohibitions is punishable as a crime. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/06/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB455&version=20230AB45599INT) 2. **03/29/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB455&version=20230AB45598AMD) 3. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB455&version=20230AB45597AMD) 4. **09/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB455&version=20230AB45596AMD) 5. **09/26/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB455&version=20230AB45594CHP) 6. **AB455** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB455) 7. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB455&version=20230AB45595ENR) ## Votes - AB 455 Quirk-Silva Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - AB 455 Quirk-Silva Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading AB455 Quirk-Silva et al. By Archuleta — **38–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Quirk-Silva — primary (person) - Papan — author (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2023-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9. - **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2023-03-21** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2023-03-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2023-03-29** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2023-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1981.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2023-06-14** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee` - **2023-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage` - **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2642.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2023-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3383.). `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 236, 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/895a67ef-e3c7-4c7e-8857-60997ec7104a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).