---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms: storage."
description: "Existing law generally regulates the possession of firearms, including imposing storage requirements to prevent children from gaining access to firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "California SB 53 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms", "storage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-12-05"
last_action: "2024-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb8375b0-3b5f-4948-bcfd-c86c1268f2e1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB53"
source_hash: "7007f932fde9f4935ce01f20df5646106368b8d14fbdd9064e48da55dc378c03"
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 53 (20232024) — Firearms: storage.

Existing law generally regulates the possession of firearms, including imposing storage requirements to prevent children from gaining access to firearms.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/05/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB53&version=20230SB5399INT)
2. **01/03/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB53&version=20230SB5398AMD)
3. **05/28/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB53&version=20230SB5397AMD)
4. **08/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB53&version=20230SB5396AMD)
5. **08/22/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB53&version=20230SB5395AMD)
6. **09/24/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB53&version=20230SB5393CHP)
7. **SB53** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB53)
8. **08/29/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB53&version=20230SB5394ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB53 Portantino et al. Concurrence — **29–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 53 Portantino Senate Third Reading By McCarty — **51–18** (pass) · lower
- SB 53 Portantino Senate Third Reading By McCarty Amendment Set #1 — **40–16** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **27–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Blakespear — coauthor (person)
- Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)
- Gipson — principal coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Limón — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- McKinnor — coauthor (person)
- Mike Fong — coauthor (person)
- Min — coauthor (person)
- Pellerin — coauthor (person)
- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Schiavo — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Wahab — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)
- Zbur — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-12-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
- **2023-01-18** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-04** Set for hearing January 9.
- **2024-01-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 2958.) (January 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Set for hearing January 16.
- **2024-01-16** January 16 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2024-01-17** Set for hearing January 18.
- **2024-01-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 3010.) (January 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 3049.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-01-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-29** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** June 4 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-22** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 40. Noes 16. Page 6451.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 18. Page 6541.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 11. Page 5510.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 542, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb8375b0-3b5f-4948-bcfd-c86c1268f2e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).